Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California’s Bay Area, approximately 27 miles (43 km) south of San Francisco, and 24 miles (39 km) northwest of San Jose. Redwood City’s archives spans its out of date inhabitation by the Ohlone people to monster a harbor for lumber and supplementary goods. The county chair of San Mateo County in the heart of Silicon Valley, Redwood City is home to several global technology companies including Oracle, Electronic Arts, Evernote, Box, and Informatica. The city’s population was 84,292 according to the 2020 census. The Port of Redwood City is the unaccompanied deepwater port upon San Francisco Bay south of San Francisco.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an Place of 34.7 square miles (90 km), of which 19.4 square miles (50 km²) is land and 15.2 square miles (39 km) (44.34%) is water. A major watercourse draining much of Redwood City is Redwood Creek, to which several significant river deltas connect, the largest of which is Westpoint Slough.

The obsolete known inhabitants of the Place which was to become Redwood City were the Ohlone who were present when the Spanish claimed the estate and acknowledged missions.

Redwood City incorporated in 1867, being the first city in San Mateo County to reach so; it has remained the county seat since the county’s formation in 1856. The land had been allocation of the Rancho de las Pulgas contracted to the Argüello intimates in 1835 by the Mexican government. Their control was challenged after the Mexican–American War with California became allowance of the United States. The family lawyer, Simon M. Mezes, in 1854 defended the allegation somewhat successfully and was allowed to buy the part of the estate that is now Redwood City. Mezes sold some of the home to people already squatting on it along the banks of Redwood Creek and named the settlement “Mezesville.” Though the city did not keep that name, Mezes Park yet exists upon land that Mezes had solution for right of entry space.