Colma’s historic depot, Town Hall and cemetery landscapes tell a local story unlike any other on the Peninsula. LCP can help turn your cleared photographs and final copy into welcoming print, signs, mail and web. Municipality: Town of Colma · San Mateo County. Incorporated: August 5, 1924, as Lawndale. Town name: Changed to Colma in 1941. Council: Five members elected at large; four-year terms. Colma incorporated as Lawndale on August 5, 1924, and adopted the Colma name in 1941. The Town’s history connects agriculture, rail travel, cemetery development and later residential and commercial growth within its 2.2-square-mile municipality. Lawndale, Colma and a defined Town boundary. The Town’s historical account explains that “Colma” once referred to a much larger area between San Francisco, South San Francisco, the Pacific and San Bruno Mountain. The incorporated municipality began as Lawndale in 1924; nearby unincorporated Colma remains outside that Town boundary. The 1941 name change followed a postal-name conflict. This history is useful when labeling maps, archive photographs or an event location: a Colma mailing description and the municipal boundary deserve separate checks. Rail, cemeteries and twentieth-century neighborhoods. Colma’s history places the railroad’s arrival in 1862 and the small depot, now part of Historical Park, around 1863–1865. Agriculture and flower growing supplied San Francisco before cemetery-related businesses became central to the Town’s development. The same account follows Sterling Park housing from 1950, later shopping centers and Auto Row, and the opening of the BART station in 1996. The renovated historical museum and park provide a local reference point for heritage materials. At-large Council seats and municipal records. Colma’s Council has five members elected at large on a nonpartisan basis for four-year terms. The Town Clerk issues municipal nomination documents and checks the stated residency and voter-registration requirements. The 2026 guide identifies two Council seats for that cycle and links candidate guidance. Use current Clerk materials for forms and office details, and the County for registration, ballot and vote-center services. Thoughtful Colma materials with a clear local identity. A history handout can bring together supplied depot, Town Hall and neighborhood photographs with a concise chronology. Cemetery imagery deserves accurate naming and thoughtful captions suited to the project. LCP can carry your final identity across brochures, event pieces, signs, mail and web. Send the exact event or office name, cleared photographs, disclosures, formats, quantities and delivery contacts. What Local Campaign Pros can produce for Colma campaigns. Campaign direct mail: Postcards, letters and folded mailers designed, printed and mailed to the addresses you approve, with postage and mail-house handoff planned in. Lawn signs and walk pieces: Yard signs, stakes, door hangers and walk cards sized for your district, using the name, office and ballot designation you confirm. Campaign printing: Palm cards, flyers, envelopes and event pieces, proofed before anything goes to press. Websites and text artwork: A simple candidate website plus matching graphics for texts and email, built from the same approved copy and photos. How a project gets started. Approved content: Your name as it will appear, the office, a photo and any copy you have approved, including a candidate statement if you file one. Office and boundary confirmed: The exact office, district or seat, checked against the official election source for this place. Quantities: How many signs, pieces or mail addresses you need. We help estimate; you approve the final counts. Artwork and proofs: We design or adapt artwork and send proofs. Nothing prints until you sign off. Production schedule: We plan print and mail dates backward from the official deadlines and election dates you confirm. Was Colma originally called Lawndale? Yes. The Town incorporated as Lawndale on August 5, 1924 and changed its name to Colma in 1941. Is unincorporated Colma part of the Town? The Town’s history distinguishes its incorporated boundary from nearby unincorporated Colma. Confirm the jurisdiction for a specific address. What historical places can inform a local project? The Town’s history describes the depot in Historical Park, Town Hall, cemetery landscapes and Sterling Park. Use exact captions and cleared photographs. How are Colma Councilmembers elected? Five members are elected at large on a nonpartisan basis for four-year terms. The Town Clerk publishes nomination guidance.