Menlo Park, California | |
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![]() Downtown Menlo Park | |
![]() Location of Menlo Park in San Mateo County (left) and of San Mateo County in California (right) | |
![]() Menlo Park street map, California | |
Coordinates: 37°27′10″N 122°11′00″W / 37.45278°N 122.18333°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | San Mateo |
Incorporated | November 23, 1927[1] |
Named for | Menlo, County Galway, Ireland |
Government | |
• Mayor | Cecilia Taylor[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 17.38 sq mi (45.03 km2) |
• Land | 9.99 sq mi (25.87 km2) |
• Water | 7.39 sq mi (19.15 km2) 43.79% |
Elevation | 72 ft (22 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 33,780 |
• Density | 3,473.3/sq mi (1,341.04/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP Codes | 94025–94028 |
Area code | 650 |
FIPS code | 06-46870 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1659108, 2411079 |
Website | menlopark |
Menlo Park (/ˈmɛnloʊ/ MEN-loh) is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County within the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; and Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City to the west. It had 33,780 residents at the 2020 United States census.[5] It is home to the corporate headquarters of Meta, and is where Google, Roblox Corporation, and Round Table Pizza were founded.[6][7][8] The train station holds the record as the oldest continually operating train station in California.[9] It is one of the most educated cities in California and the United States; nearly 70% of residents over 25 have earned a bachelor's degree or higher.[10]