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South San Francisco, city, San Mateo county, western California, U.S. Situated at the southern base of San Bruno Mountain, it lies about 3 miles (5 km) south of San Francisco on U.S. Highway 101 Bypass. The area was formerly part of Rancho Buriburi, a Mexican land grant designated in 1835. Much of the land was eventually bought by Henry Miller and Charles Lux, who built a large estate there. Peter Iler subsequently purchased the land, and the city was laid out in 1890. South San Francisco subsequently became heavily industrialized, with meatpacking, steel and other metal fabrication, chemical processing, and ...(100 of 173 words)

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