Daly City is a city in northern San Mateo County, California, immediately south of San Francisco and running from the Pacific coastline up into the San Bruno hills. Its position on the southern edge of San Francisco has defined its growth, its climate, and its role as one of the region's most densely settled suburbs. The city takes its name from John Daly, an Irish immigrant who arrived from Boston in 1853 as a teenager and went to work on a dairy farm. He built a successful dairy business in the area, and in 1906 he earned local renown by donating dairy products and providing shelter to San Franciscans displaced by the great earthquake. The city was incorporated in 1911. Its defining growth came after World War II, when developer Henry Doelger built the massive Westlake district of homes and a shopping center, transforming the former farmland into a postwar suburb. Beginning in the 1950s, Filipino Americans began purchasing homes east of Junipero Serra Boulevard, establishing the community that has made Daly City home to one of the largest Filipino-American populations in the United States. Today roughly 105,000 people live in Daly City. The city is served by the Jefferson elementary and high school districts, and by BART stations at Daly City and nearby Colma that opened in 1973. The Cow Palace arena and the Westlake and Serramonte shopping areas are long-standing local landmarks. For homebuyers, Daly City offers terraced hillside homes, strong transit access, and a diverse, close-knit community at the doorstep of San Francisco.