Editing East Palo Alto, California (section)

==Geography==
East Palo Alto is located in [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=San Mateo County Leaders Push to Prioritize East Palo Alto for COVID-19 Vaccine|url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11862700/san-mateo-county-leaders-push-to-prioritize-east-palo-alto-for-covid-19-vaccine|access-date=April 22, 2021|website=KQED|date=March 2, 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> Despite its name, it lies almost entirely north, and not east of [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]]. It is bordered on the west by [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]], to the south by Palo Alto, and to the east by the [[San Francisco Bay]]. The San Francisquito Creek defines its southern edge. To the north are Ravenswood Point and the western end of the [[Dumbarton Bridge (California)|Dumbarton Bridge]] in Menlo Park.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.5|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} of it (4.11%) is water.