Editing Menlo Park, California

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| name                            = Menlo Park, California
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| leader_title                    = Mayor
| leader_name                     = Drew Combs<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council |url=https://menlopark.gov/City-Council  |access-date=December 16, 2014 |publisher=City of Menlo Park}}</ref>
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'''Menlo Park''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛ|n|l|oʊ}} {{respell|MEN|loh}}) is a city at the eastern edge of [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] of [[California]], United States. It is bordered by [[San Francisco Bay]] on the north and east; [[East Palo Alto, California|East Palo Alto]], [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], and [[Stanford, California|Stanford]] to the south; and [[Atherton, California|Atherton]], [[North Fair Oaks, California|North Fair Oaks]], and [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]] to the west. It had 33,780 residents at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name="quif"/> It is home to the corporate headquarters of [[Meta Platforms|Meta]], and is where [[Google]], [[Roblox Corporation]], and [[Round Table Pizza]] were founded.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Huddleston |first=Tom Jr |title=Google was started in this garage office in California in 1998 — take a look inside |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/27/google-virtual-tour-of-larry-page-sergey-brins-1998-garage-office.html |access-date=April 24, 2023 |website=CNBC |date=September 27, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=In Memory of Erik Cassel |url=https://blog.haydz6.com/2013/02/in-memory-of-erik-cassel |access-date=April 24, 2023 |website=Roblox Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Pizza Delivery, Pickup, & Online Ordering - Round Table Pizza |url=https://www.roundtablepizza.com/about |access-date=April 24, 2023 |website=Roundtable Pizza |language=en}}</ref>  The train station holds the record as the oldest continually operating train station in California.<ref name="menlo-station">{{Cite web |date=January 28, 2015 |title=Menlo Park's Historic Railroad Station |url=https://www.siliconvalleyandbeyond.com/menlo-parks-historic-railroad-station/ |access-date=January 28, 2020 |website=Silicon Valley and Beyond |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name="California">{{Cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Carly |date=November 17, 2011 |title=California's Most Educated Cities: Palo Alto, Los Altos Top the List |publisher=The Huffington Post Online |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/17/californias-most-educated-cities_n_1100129.html |access-date=September 9, 2012}}</ref>

==Toponym==
"Menlo" is derived from [[Menlo, County Galway|Menlo]] (the [[anglicized]] spelling of Irish Gaelic 'Mionloch', meaning 'small lake') in [[County Galway]], Ireland. The name "Menlo Park" was given to a ranch purchased by Irish settlers in honor of their home village in Ireland.<ref name="hoover" /><ref name="Irish">{{Cite web |last=Killelea |first=Patrick |date=2011 |title=Visiting Menlough in Ireland, origin of Menlo Park's name |url=https://inmenlo.com/2011/06/11/visiting-menlough-in-ireland-origin-of-menlos-name/ |access-date=August 31, 2020 |website=InMenlo |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Menlo Park station postcard.jpg|thumb|left|Menlo Park Station, {{Circa|1918|lk=no}}]]
The area of Menlo Park was inhabited by the [[Ohlone]] people when the [[Portolá expedition]] arrived in 1769.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHL # 2 Portolá Journey's End San Mateo |url=https://www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com/landmarks/chl-2 |access-date=July 2, 2019 |website=California Historical Landmarks }}</ref>

In 1795, the [[Rancho de las Pulgas]] [[Ranchos of California|Spanish land grant]] was made that included the area of the current city.

===Original Menlo Park gate===
In 1851, two Irish immigrants, Dennis J. Oliver and his brother-in-law, D.C. McGlynn, purchased a {{convert|1700|acre|ha|adj=on}} tract of land on the former [[Rancho de las Pulgas]].<ref name="hoover">{{Cite book |last1=Hoover |first1=Mildred Brooke |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYMPR6xAj50C&q=0804744831&pg=PA405 |title=Historic Spots in California |last2=Douglas E Kyle |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-8047-4483-6 |edition=4th |location=Stanford, CA |page=405}}</ref> In 1854, they erected a gate with a wooden arch bearing the inscription "Menlo Park" and the date "August 1854" at the entrance to their property (now the intersection of Middle Ave and El Camino Real).<ref name="durham">{{Cite book |last=Durham |first=David L |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yfa0hmE7yocC&q=1884995144&pg=PA662 |title=California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State |publisher=Word Dancer Press |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-884995-14-9 |location=Clovis, CA |page=662}}</ref><ref name="Stanger, 1963. pg. 109">Stanger, 1963. pg. 109</ref>

===Railroad===
In 1863, the [[San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road]] had built the railroad from San Francisco to as far as Mayfield (now [[California Avenue station]] in Palo Alto) and started running trains to the area.<ref name="mp-history">{{Cite web |title=Menlo Park history |url=https://www.menlopark.org/888/Menlo-Park-history |access-date=February 5, 2017 |website=City of Menlo Park - Official Website |language=en}}</ref> They named a nearby station "Menlo Park" after the sign.<ref name="hoover" /> The 1867 station building still stands on the platform of the current [[Menlo Park (Caltrain station)|Caltrain station]], used by the local Chamber of Commerce. It holds the record as the oldest, continually operating train station in California.<ref name="menlo-station"/> The town of Menlo Park grew up around this station, becoming a popular home for [[San Francisco]] businessmen.<ref name="hoover" /> A post office was established in 1870, and the city was [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1874 (it dissolved after two years, but later was permanently incorporated in 1927).<ref name="durham" /><ref name="PAO-neighborhoods" /> The original arch, which gave its name to the stations and ultimately, the city, survived until 1922, when it was destroyed in an automobile accident.<ref name="hoover" /> The origin of the name of Menlo Park, California ({{Circa|1850|lk=no}})<ref name="Stanger, 1963. pg. 109" /> antedates any work done by [[Thomas Edison]] ({{Circa|1876|lk=no}}) in [[Menlo Park, New Jersey]]; Menlo Park, New Jersey, was named after Menlo Park, California,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240727074617/http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf "The Origin of New Jersey Place Names"], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945, p. 20.</ref> as was [[Menlo, Washington]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=180|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=164}}</ref>

===Camp Fremont===
In 1917–18, a large portion of Menlo Park was the site of [[Camp Fremont]], a training camp for, at its height, 27,000 men being sent to fight in [[World War I]]. It did not last long (the camp was dismantled after the war), but army engineers paved the first streets in Menlo Park and laid the first water and gas lines.<ref name="kazak">{{Cite web |last=Kazak |first=Don |date=April 13, 1994 |title=The Peninsula mobilizes for war |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news_features/centennial/1906B.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525001652/https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news_features/centennial/1906B.php |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |website=Palo Alto Online}}</ref><ref name="fremonthistory">{{Cite web |title=Historic California Posts: Camp Fremont |url=http://www.militarymuseum.org/CpFremont.html |access-date=February 5, 2017 |website=www.militarymuseum.org}}</ref> The army did retain the camp hospital, and it is now the site of a Veterans Administration Hospital off of Willow Road in Menlo Park. In the autumn of 1918, a [[1918 flu pandemic|flu pandemic]] hit Camp Fremont and killed 147.<ref name="wardept">{{Cite book |last=United States War Dept. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwcSAAAAYAAJ&q=Fremont |title=War Department Annual Report, Vol. 1 |date=1919 |page=2157 |language=en}}</ref>

===Dibble General Hospital===
At the start of [[World War II]], the US government bought the {{convert|260|acre|ha|adj=on}} estate of [[Timothy Hopkins]] from his widow and created the Palo Alto General Hospital, later renamed the Dibble General Hospital (after Colonel John Dibble, who was killed in 1943). After the war ended, some of the land was sold to the city and became the sites of the main library and city hall. More of the land was bought by [[Stanford University]] to house the increase in students due to the [[G.I. Bill]]; the area was known as the "Stanford Village", which existed as student housing until the mid-1960s. This land also was the site of the Stanford Research Institute (now [[SRI International]]) starting in 1947; between 1955 and 1968, SRI bought the rest of the Stanford Village.<ref name="thurlow">{{Cite web |title=History of the District & Community / Thurlow Estate becomes Dibble General Hospital becomes SRI Int |url=http://district.mpcsd.org/Page/143 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |website=Menlo Park City School District |language=en}}</ref><ref name="dibble">{{Cite web |title=Dibble General Hospital |url=http://www.militarymuseum.org/DibbleGH.html |access-date=February 5, 2017 |website=www.militarymuseum.org}}</ref><ref name="sri">{{Cite web |title=Corporate History {{!}} |url=https://www.sri.com/about/corporate-history |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122205603/https://www.sri.com/about/corporate-history |archive-date=January 22, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |website=SRI International |language=en}}</ref>

===''Sunset'' magazine headquarters===
[[Sunset (magazine)|''Sunset'']] magazine moved to its headquarters in Menlo Park in 1951, designed by architect, [[Cliff May]], with a similar layout to a California [[ranch-style house]]. ''Sunset'' referred to its Menlo Park headquarters as the Laboratory of Western Living.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

===Sharon Heights===
In the 1960s, the former {{convert|600|acre|ha|adj=on}} estate of Frederick W. Sharon (1859&ndash;1914) (son of Senator [[William Sharon]]) and his wife, Louise Tevis Breckinridge Sharon (1858&ndash;1938; daughter of [[Lloyd Tevis]] and divorced wife of [[Breckinridge family|John Witherspoon Breckinridge]]), in the hills of south west Menlo Park was developed and called "Sharon Heights".<ref name="sharon-mercury">{{Cite news |last1=Svanevik |first1=Michael |last2=Burgett |first2=Shirley |date=November 30, 2016 |title=Matters Historical: From San Francisco to Europe to Menlo Park – The Mercury News |work=The Mercury News |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/30/matters-historical-from-san-francisco-to-europe-to-menlo-park/ |access-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MLS 301 - Sharon Heights/Standford Hills - Silicon Valley and Beyond |url=https://www.siliconvalleyandbeyond.com/menlo-park/mls-301-sharon-heights-standford-hills/ |access-date=February 6, 2017 |website=Silicon Valley and Beyond}}</ref>

===Development of Google===
The development of leading Internet search engine provider [[Google]] occurred in 1998 in the garage in a Menlo Park home owned by [[Susan Wojcicki]].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=April 2, 2012 |title=Our history in depth – Company – Google |newspaper= |url=http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/company/history/ |url-status=deviated |access-date=August 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402210041/http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/company/history/ |archive-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref> Wojcicki's Menlo Park garage was used as the office for Google co-founders [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]] for $1,700 a month.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/business/susan-wojcicki-dead.html|title=Susan Wojcicki, Former Chief of YouTube, Dies at 56|first1=John|last1=Yoon|first2=Mike|last2=Isaac|work=New York Times|date=August 10, 2024|accessdate=August 10, 2024}}</ref>

===Replica of Menlo Park gate===
In 2015, the Menlo Park Historical Association (MPHA) began a project to raise funds for and build a replica of the original Menlo Park gates. The chosen site was at 800 Alma Street in front of the Menlo Park public library. The replica was completed in 2019. On March 17, 2019, Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller officially dedicated the reproduction of the Menlo Gates.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clifford |first=Jim |title=A St. Patrick's Day present for Menlo Park |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/a-st-patrick-s-day-present-for-menlo-park/article_2d2913a0-439f-11e9-805d-d39963ee3742.html |access-date=February 13, 2021 |website=San Mateo Daily Journal |date=March 11, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2019 |title=Menlo Gates officially dedicated, fittingly on St. Patrick's Day |url=https://inmenlo.com/2019/03/17/menlo-gates-officially-dedicated-fittingly-on-st-patricks-day/ |access-date=February 13, 2021 |website=InMenlo |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|17.4|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|9.8|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|7.6|sqmi}} are covered by water. <!-- The total area is 43.79% water. --> Menlo Park is long and narrow on a northeast to southwest axis. The northeast portion borders the San Francisco Bay and includes the [[Dumbarton Bridge (California)|Dumbarton Bridge]] that connects Menlo Park to [[Fremont, California|Fremont]] on the east side of the bay. The city shoreline includes the city's largest park, Bedwell Bayfront Park ({{convert|160|acre|ha|disp=semicolon}}) and the [[Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge]].<ref name="bedwell">{{Cite web |title=Bedwell Bayfront Park |url=https://www.menlopark.org/Facilities/Facility/Details/Bedwell-Bayfront-Park-6 |access-date=February 4, 2017 |website=Menlo Park, CA |language=en}}</ref> [[San Francisquito Creek]] marks much of the southeast border of the city. [[West Menlo Park]] ([[unincorporated area]]) along [[Alameda de las Pulgas]] nearly separates the southwestern part of the city (known as Sharon Heights) from the rest. The extreme southwest is clipped by [[Interstate 280 (California)|Interstate 280]].

The [[Bayshore Freeway]] (part of [[U.S. Route 101]])  traverses Menlo Park northwest to southeast near the shoreline and somewhat parallel to the Bayshore Freeway to the southwest is [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]]. The intersection of El Camino Real and Santa Cruz Avenue is considered the heart of the city. Nearby, the Menlo Park [[Civic Center]] is bounded by Ravenswood Avenue, Alma Street, Laurel Street, and Burgess Drive. It contains the [[City council|council]] offices, library, police station, and Burgess Park, which has various recreational facilities. Other major roads include [[Sand Hill Road]] in the Sharon Heights area.

The residential areas of Menlo Park can be unofficially divided into several neighborhoods. From "east" (northeast toward San Francisco Bay) to "west" (southwest toward the Pacific Coast), they are defined by the ''[[Palo Alto Weekly]]'' as:<ref name="PAO-neighborhoods">{{Cite news |date=February 9, 2017 |title=Menlo Park neighborhoods |language=en |publisher=Palo Alto Online |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2010/02/02/menlo-park-neighborhoods |access-date=February 10, 2017}}</ref> Belle Haven is the only neighborhood east of Route 101; much of the rest of that area is business or protected land. Between 101 and the roughly parallel Middlefield Road are the neighborhoods of the Willows, Suburban Park, Lorelei Manor, Flood Triangle, Vintage Oaks, and South of Seminary (the seminary being [[Saint Patrick's Seminary and University|Saint Patrick's Seminary]]). Between Middlefield and El Camino Real are the [[Caltrain]] track and Felton Gables, Linfield Oaks, and Park Forest. West of El Camino until the foothills of the [[San Francisco Peninsula|Peninsula]] are the neighborhoods of Downtown Menlo Park, Central Menlo Park, and Allied Arts (sometimes also known as Stanford Park, it is named for the [[Allied Arts Guild]] in it). In the hills are Sharon Heights and Stanford Hills. Several other neighborhoods are closely associated with Menlo Park but are actually in unincorporated San Mateo county; these include [[Menlo Oaks, California|Menlo Oaks]] and Fair Oaks (latter part of the [[North Fair Oaks, California|North Fair Oaks]] census area) between Bayshore and Middlefield, University Heights (also known as West Menlo Park) between Sharon Heights and most of the rest of the city, and Stanford Weekend Acres, which is somewhat near Stanford Hills.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 2254
|1940= 3258
|1950= 13587
|1960= 26957
|1970= 26826
|1980= 26438
|1990= 28040
|2000= 30785
|2010= 32026
|2020= 33780
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=June 4, 2015 |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Menlo Park, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Menlo Park, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0646870&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Menlo Park, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0646870&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|19,841
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18,575
|61.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.99%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,482
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,001
|4.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.96%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|43
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3,132
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,764
|9.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.06%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|446
|style='background: #ffffe6; |364
|1.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.08%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|73
|style='background: #ffffe6; |156
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,107
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,905
|3.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.64%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|5,902
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,989
|18.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.73%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''32,026'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''33,780'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Menlo Park city |url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0646870 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715115849/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0646870 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> reported that Menlo Park had a population of 32,026. Its population density was {{convert|3,271.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of Menlo Park was 22,494 (70.2%) White, 1,551 (4.8%) African American, 156 (0.5%) Native American, 3,157 (9.9%) Asian, 454 (1.4%) Pacific Islander, 2,776 (8.7%) from other races, and 1,438 (4.5%) from two or more races.   Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 18.4% of the population, most of whom (4,303) were of [[Mexican American|Mexican]] ancestry.

The Census reported that 31,181 people (97.4% of the population) lived in households, 599 (1.9%) lived in noninstitutionalized group quarters, and 246 (0.8%) were institutionalized.

Of the 12,347 households, 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 49.9% were opposite-sex married couples living together, 8.4%had a female householder with no husband present, and 3.0% had a male householder with no wife present. About 5.2% were [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 0.8% were [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. About 29.7% were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53. The average family size was 3.20.

In terms of age, 7,805 residents (24.4%) were under the age of 18, 1,817 people (5.7%) aged 18 to 24, 9,563 people (29.9%) aged 25 to 44, 8,263 people (25.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,578 people (14.3%)  were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.

The 13,085 housing units averaged {{convert|1,336.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 6,927 (56.1%) were owner-occupied, and 5,420 (43.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.2%; 18,972 people (59.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 12,209 people (38.1%) lived in rental housing units.

===2000===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> of 2009, there were 33,690 people, 12,543 households, and 7,248 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3441.3|PD/sqmi}}. There were 14,026 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,432.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. 64.2% spoke English, 19.5% Spanish, other [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] 4.2%, 4.6% Chinese or [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]], and other language 0.7%, as their first language from estimate census 2009.

There were 12,543 households, out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.67% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.

As of the 2000 estimate census, the median income for a household in the city was $82,609. Males had a median income of $77,766 versus $59,101 for females. The per capita income for the city was $51,341. About 5.9% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those over age 64. As of 2009 the median income for a family was $123,251.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Best places to live 2008 |work=CNN |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL0646870.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023110533/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL0646870.html |archive-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>

==Government and politics==
City Council members are elected in districts to staggered four-year terms, in nonpartisan municipal elections every two years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elections |url=http://www.menlopark.org/744/Elections |access-date=February 2, 2015 |publisher=City of Menlo Park}}</ref>

===County, state and federal representation===
On the [[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]], Menlo Park is split between Supervisorial District 3 (west of El Camino Real) and Supervisorial District 4 (east of El Camino Real),<ref>{{Cite web |title=County of San Mateo Board of Supervisors |url=http://bos.smcgov.org/ |access-date=February 2, 2015 |publisher=City of Menlo Park}}</ref> currently represented by Ray Mueller and Warren Slocum, respectively.

In the [[California State Legislature]], Menlo Park is in {{Representative|casd|13|fmt=sdistrict}}, and is split between {{Representative|caad|21|fmt=adistrict}} and {{Representative|caad|23|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statewide Database |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2014 |publisher=UC Regents}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], East Palo Alto is in {{Representative|cacd|16|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|16|access-date=March 12, 2013}}</ref>

According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 10, 2019, Menlo Park has 19,339 registered voters—9,984 (51.6%) of whom are registered [[California Democratic Party|Democrats]], 2,989 (15.5%) registered [[California Republican Party|Republicans]], and 5,683 (29.4%) [[Decline to State|undeclared]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – February 10, 2019 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2019 |website=ca.gov}}</ref>

===Mayors===
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| Alfred E. Blake
| 1927–1928
| First mayor of Menlo Park<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=  New Menlo Park Mayor Visits P.A. Council |newspaper=[[The Peninsula Times Tribune]]|date=December 13, 1927 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122474724/new-menlo-park-mayor-visits-pa-council/  |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| Harry Weeden
| 1928–1929
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Recall Petitions At Menlo Park Filed At Stormy Session |newspaper=[[Redwood City Tribune]]|date=December 5, 1928 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122475632/redwood-city-tribune/  |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| F.C. Ellis
| 1929–?
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=  Restriction of Building is Discussed |newspaper=[[Redwood City Tribune]]|date=November 13, 1929 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122475983/redwood-city-tribune/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| ?
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| Charles Burgess
| 1945–1953
| <ref name=Mayors>{{Cite web|first=Jim |last=Lewis |authorlink=   |title=The Mayors of Menlo Park   |website=Menlo Park Historical Association|date= |url= https://sites.google.com/site/mphistorical/home/local-govt/mp-mayors/the-mayors-of-menlo-park |accessdate=}}</ref>
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| Michael Belangie
| 1953–1954
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= City of Menlo Park Spent Quite Year in 1953 |newspaper=[[The Peninsula Times Tribune]]|date= January 1, 1954 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122492256/the-peninsula-times-tribune/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| Charles Burgess
| 1954–1957
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| William Lawson
| 1957–1969
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| Ira Bonde
| 1969–1976
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In 1976, the City Council limited mayors from serving consecutive one-year terms.

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| James Calloway
| 1977
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| ?
| 1978
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| James Bloch
| 1979
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| Douglas Dupen
| 1980
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| [[Billy Ray White]]
| 1981
| First African-American mayor<ref name=Mayors/><ref name=Mibach>{{Cite news|first=Emily |last=Mibach|author-link=   |title=Billy Ray White, Menlo Park's first black mayor, dead at 81   |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Daily Post]]|date=February 13, 2018 |url= https://padailypost.com/2018/02/13/billy-ray-white-menlo-parks-first-black-mayor-dead-81/ |quote=}}</ref>
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| Peg Gunn
| 1982
| First woman mayor<ref name=Mayors/>
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| [[Billy Ray White]]
| 1983
| <ref name=Mayors/><ref name=Mibach/>
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| Peg Gunn
| 1984
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| Jack Morris
| 1985
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| [[Billy Ray White]]
| 1986
| <ref name=Mayors/><ref name=Mibach/>
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| Ted Sorensen
| 1987
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| ?
| 1988
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| ?
| 1989
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| Gerald Grant
| 1990
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| Ted Sorensen
| 1991
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| Jack Morris
| 1992
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| ?
| 1993
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| Bob McNamara
| 1994
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| Raymond "Dee" Tolles
| 1995
| <ref name=Woods>{{Cite news|first=Heather Rock |last=Woods|author-link=   |title=MENLO PARK: New mayor rotates into position  |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Online]]|date=December 20, 1995 |url= https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/news/1995_Dec_20.MPMAYOR.html |quote=}}</ref>
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| Bob Burmeister
| 1996
| <ref name=Woods/>
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| Steve Schmidt
| 1997
| <ref name=Mayors/>
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| Charles Kinney
| 1998
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Vicky |last= Anning |authorlink=   |title= MENLO PARK: New mayor, vice mayor for Menlo Park  |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Online]]|date=December 5, 1997 |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/news/1997_Dec_5.MAYORS.html  |via=}}</ref>
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| Paul Collacchi
| 1999
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| Mary Jo Borak
| 2000
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| Nicholas Jellins
| 2001
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| Steve Schmidt
| 2002
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| Nicholas Jellins
| 2003
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| Lee B. Duboc
| 2004
| <ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= California Roster 2004   |website=admin.cdn.sos.ca.gov|date= |url=https://admin.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ca-roster/2004/2004-ca-roster.pdf  |accessdate=}}</ref>
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| Mickie Winkler
| 2005
| <ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= California Roster 2005   |website=admin.cdn.sos.ca.gov|date= |url=https://admin.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ca-roster/2005/2005-ca-roster.pdf  |accessdate=}}</ref>
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| Nicholas Jellins
| 2006
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| Kelly Fergusson
| 2007
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| Andy Cohen
| 2008
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| Heyward Robinson
| 2009
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| Richard Cline
| 2010
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Sandy  |last=Brundage |authorlink=   |title= Rich Cline, new Menlo Park mayor, promises measured approach to contentious land-use debates|newspaper=[[The Almanac (Menlo Park)]]|date=December 9, 2009 |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2009/12/09/rich-cline-new-menlo-park-mayor-promises-measured-approach-to-contentious-land-use-debates|via=}}</ref>
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| ''Kelly Fergusson''
| ''x''
| Appointed December 7, 2010<ref>{{Cite news|first=Sandy  |last=Brundage |authorlink=   |title= Kelly Fergusson elected Menlo Park mayor by 3-2 council vote|newspaper=[[The Almanac (Menlo Park)]]|date=December 7, 2010 |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2010/12/07/kelly-fergusson-elected-menlo-park-mayor-by-3-2-council-vote|via=}}</ref><br> Resigned December 10, 2010, due to Brown Act violations<br> after separately soliciting three councilmembers to appoint her to the position<ref>{{Cite news|first=Sandy  |last=Brundage |authorlink=   |title= Kelly Fergusson resigns as Menlo Park mayor; revote delayed|newspaper=[[The Almanac (Menlo Park)]]|date=December 10, 2010 |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2010/12/10/kelly-fergusson-resigns-as-menlo-park-mayor-revote-delayed-|quote=Council member Kelly Fergusson has resigned as the mayor of Menlo Park as a consequence of Brown Act violations she committed by meeting one-on-one with at least three council members to discuss her desire for the position.}}</ref>
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| Richard Cline
| 2011
| <ref name=Mayors/>
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| Kirsten Keith
| 2012
| <ref name=Keith/>
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| [[File:PeterOhtaki.jpg|75px]]
| Peter Ohtaki
| 2013
| <ref name=Mayors/>
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| [[File:Ray Mueller, mayor of Menlo Park.jpg|75px]]
| Ray Mueller
| 2014
| <ref name=Mayors/>
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| Catherine Carlton
| 2015
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Kevin   |last=Kelly |authorlink=   |title= Menlo Park: City could pick new mayor Tuesday |newspaper=[[The Mercury News]]|date=November 25, 2015 |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/25/menlo-park-city-could-pick-new-mayor-tuesday/ |via=}}</ref>
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| Richard Cline
| 2016
| <ref name=Mayors/>
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| Kirsten Keith
| 2017
| <ref name=Keith>{{Cite web |title= About Kirsten Keith |website=kirstenforcouncil.com|accessdate=April 7, 2023 |url=http://www.kirstenforcouncil.com/about |via=}}</ref>
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| [[File:PeterOhtaki.jpg|75px]]
| Peter Ohtaki
| 2018
| <ref name=Mayors/>
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| [[File:Ray Mueller, mayor of Menlo Park.jpg|75px]]
| Ray Mueller
| 2019
| <ref name=Mayors/>
|-
| [[File:Cecilia Taylor, mayor of Menlo Park.jpg|75px]]
| Cecilia Taylor
| 2020
| 
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| [[File:Drew Combs, mayor of Menlo Park.jpg|75px]]
| Drew Combs	
| 2021 
| <ref name=Bradshaw>{{Cite news|first=Kate   |last=Bradshaw |authorlink=   |title= Betsy Nash is Menlo Park's new mayor  |newspaper=[[The Almanac (Menlo Park)]]|date=December 15, 2021 |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2021/12/15/betsy-nash-is-menlo-parks-new-mayor  |via=}}</ref>
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| [[File:Betsy Nash Hi Res.jpg|75px]]
| Betsy Nash
| 2022
| <ref name=Bradshaw/>
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| [[File:Jen Wolosin, mayor of Menlo Park.jpg|75px]]
| [[Jen Wolosin]]
| 2023
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| Ian Enbom
| 2024
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==Education==
For primary schools, the central portions of Menlo Park are served by the [[Menlo Park City School District]], while the Belle Haven neighborhood and [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|VA]] hospital are served by the [[Ravenswood City School District]], and the Sharon Heights and Stanford Hills neighborhoods served by the [[Las Lomitas Elementary School District]]. For high school, Menlo Park is part of the [[Sequoia Union High School District]], with all of the city falling into the boundaries of [[Menlo-Atherton High School]]; some areas of the city have the option to attend [[Woodside High School (California)|Woodside High School]].

Private elementary schools include two Catholic parochial schools, St. Raymond Catholic Elementary School and Nativity Elementary School;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools Directory |url=http://www.sfarchdiocese.org/catholicschools/our-schools/schools-directory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319050744/http://www.sfarchdiocese.org/catholicschools/our-schools/schools-directory |archive-date=March 19, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2016 |website=Archdiocese of San Francisco}}</ref> the [[Anglicanism|Episcopalian]] [[Trinity School (Menlo Park)|Trinity School]]; [[Phillips Brooks School]], pre-kindergarten to 5th grade; and Peninsula School, from kindergarten to 8th grade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quick Facts |url=http://www.peninsulaschool.org/quick-facts.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018081938/http://www.peninsulaschool.org/quick-facts.html |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |access-date=April 13, 2022 |website=Peninsula School}}</ref>

The [[Silicon Valley International School Willows Campus|Willows Campus]] of the private K–12 [[Silicon Valley International School]], formerly known as German-American International School and Alto International School, is also in the city.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mahbubani |first=Rhea |date=March 18, 2015 |title=German-American International School will move to old Menlo Oaks campus this fall |work=San Jose Mercury News |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/03/18/german-american-international-school-will-move-to-old-menlo-oaks-campus-this-fall/ |access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> [[Menlo School]], a private middle and high school, is in [[Atherton, California|Atherton]] on the border with Menlo Park. [[Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton|Sacred Heart School, Atherton]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] middle and high school, is also in Atherton on the border with Menlo Park.

For higher education, [[Saint Patrick's Seminary and University]] is a Catholic seminary in Menlo Park.

There are two libraries, the Main branch and the Belle Haven branch. As part of the [[Peninsula Library System]], they share many resources with other nearby libraries.

==Economy==
[[File:Facebook Headquarters Menlo Park.jpg|thumb|[[Meta Platforms]] (then known as Facebook), 2013]]
Much of Menlo Park's economy revolves around the companies on [[Sand Hill Road]], consisting of venture capital, private equity, financial services, law firms, and other professional service companies and investment vehicles focusing on technology. [[Geron Corporation|Geron]], [[Katerra]], [[Robert Half International]], [[Exponent (consulting firm)|Exponent]], and [[SRI International]] are among the companies based in Menlo Park. [[Meta Platforms]] moved its headquarters to the former campus of [[Sun Microsystems]] in Menlo Park in December 2011.

===Top employers===
In 2012, Meta (then known as Facebook) announced it would be Menlo Park's biggest employer, with 6,600 employees.<ref>Guynn, Jessica (May 29, 2012). [https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2012-may-29-la-fi-tn-menlo-park-set-to-approve-facebook-campus-expansion-plan-20120529-story.html "Menlo Park set to approve Facebook campus expansion plan"]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> According to the city's 2023 [[annual comprehensive financial report]],<ref>[https://menlopark.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/3/administrative-services/documents/finance/annual-comprehensive-financial-reports/2023_city-of-menlo-park_acfr_final.pdf ''City of Menlo Park, California Annual Comprehensive Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023'']</ref> the city's top employers were:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[Meta Platforms|Meta]]
|16,586
|-
|2
|[[SRI International]]
|710
|-
|3
|[[GRAIL (company)|Grail]]
|497
|-
|4
|[[Pacific Biosciences]]
|320
|-
|5
|[[United Parcel Service]]
|295
|-
|6
|SHR Hotel, LLC
|252
|-
|7
|[[Exponent (consulting firm)|Exponent]]
|250
|-
|8
|City of Menlo Park
|245
|-
|9
|Personalis
|239
|-
|10
|[[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]]
|226
|}

== Transportation ==
[[Santa Cruz Avenue]] runs as the "Main Street" within Menlo Park; terminates at [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]] which runs concurrently with [[California State Route 82]]. The city is also the western end of the [[Dumbarton Bridge (California)|Dumbarton Bridge]], which connects Menlo Park with the [[East Bay]] city of [[Fremont, California|Fremont]]; the Menlo Park end is located immediately adjacent to Meta Platforms' headquarters. The city is flanked by [[U.S. Route 101]] on its eastern end and by [[Interstate 280 (California)|Interstate 280]] on its western end.

Menlo Park's transit is primarily served by its [[Menlo Park station|eponymous train station]], served by [[Caltrain]]. [[SamTrans]] is the primary provider of bus transport throughout the city. Menlo Park's eastern ends were previously considered for a short-lived [[Bay Area Rapid Transit|BART]] extension along the [[Bayshore Freeway]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Softky, Marion |date=July 21, 1999 |title=Plan dumped to extend BART down Bayshore Freeway to Menlo Park |work=The Almanac News |location=Menlo Park |url=http://www.almanacnews.com/morgue/1999/1999_07_21.bart.html |access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref>

BART and Caltrain are also the primary transit modes for Menlo Park's connections to the San Francisco Bay Area's airports. Menlo Park is located about halfway between [[San Francisco International Airport]] and [[San Jose International Airport]]; the former can be accessed by using Caltrain and either BART's [[Red Line (BART)|Red]], or [[Yellow Line (BART)|Yellow Line]] during 3-line service, or SamTrans route 292 (both connecting to Caltrain at [[Millbrae station]]), while the latter connects to Menlo Park through Caltrain and VTA services through a transfer at [[San Jose Diridon station|Diridon station]]. Drivers to and from Menlo Park can connect to both San Jose and San Francisco airports through using US 101. [[Oakland International Airport|Oakland Airport]] is the farthest of the three major Bay Area airports from Menlo Park, with drivers having to cross the Bay through one of the three bridges across it, and transit users needing to use either the Dumbarton Express, SamTrans, or Caltrain to connect to BART services..

==Notable people==
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* [[Joan Baez]], folk singer
* [[Anthony Bajada]], inventor of the "[[Stay-tab|stay tab]]" press-to-open lid mechanism for [[drink can]]s
* [[Isaac Baron]], professional poker player
* [[Will Brill]], Tony Award winning Actor
* [[Lindsey Buckingham]], musician
* [[Henry Cowell]], composer
* [[Brandon Crawford]], San Francisco Giants shortstop
* [[Abby Dahlkemper]], professional soccer player, [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|2019 World Cup]] champion with [[USWNT]]
* [[Tierna Davidson]], professional soccer player, [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|2019 World Cup]] champion with [[USWNT]]
* [[Marion Dorn]], textile designer
* [[Steve Duda]], musician and DJ
* [[Jeanne DuPrau]], author
* [[David Eagleman]], neuroscientist and author
* [[Nancy Farmer (author)|Nancy Farmer]], author
* [[Kevin A. Gilroy]], United States Air Force colonel and politician
* [[Paul Goldstein (tennis)|Paul Goldstein]] (born 1976), tennis player and coach
* [[Ari Greenberg]] (born 1981), world junior contract bridge champion
* [[Vince Guaraldi]], jazz musician known for composing music for the [[Peanuts animated specials]]
* [[Chris Gulker]], photographer, writer
* [[Jack Herrick]], founder of [[wikiHow]]
* [[Jon Huntsman, Jr.]], former Utah governor
* [[Edward Michael Keating]] (1925–2003), magazine publisher, journalist, author, lawyer; founder of ''[[Ramparts (magazine)|Ramparts]]'', member of the [[New Left]] movement.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|date=2003-04-12|title=Edward Keating, 77; Founder of Ramparts|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-12-me-keating12-story.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref>
* [[Ken Kesey]], author
* [[William R. Larson]], founder of [[Round Table Pizza]]
* [[Milton Latham]], railroad baron and politician
* [[Jesse Love]] (born 2005), NASCAR driver
* [[Josie Maran]] (born 1978), model and entrepreneur
* [[Abraham Maslow]], co-founder of [[Humanistic Psychology]]
* [[Bob Melvin]] (born 1961), Major League Baseball player and manager
* [[Fred Moore (activist)|Fred Moore]], political activist
* [[Harris Mowbray]] Braille-related linguist
* [[John Naber]], Olympic swimmer
* [[Stevie Nicks]], musician
* [[Elizabeth Osborn]], equestrian vaulter
* [[Robert Rich (musician)|Robert Rich]], musician
* [[Ariel Rittenhouse]], Olympic diver
* [[Secondhand Serenade]], rock band founded in Menlo Park
* [[Ram Shriram]], founding investor of Google
* [[Courtney Thorne-Smith]], actress
* [[Thorstein Veblen]], sociologist known for "[[Theory of the Leisure Class]]"
* [[John Vesely]], musician/songwriter
* [[Bob Weir]], founding member of The Grateful Dead
* [[Sheryl Sandberg]], former chief operating officer of [[Meta Platforms]].
* [[Billy Ray White]], first African-American mayor of Menlo Park<ref>{{Cite news|first=Kate |last=  Bradshaw |authorlink=   |title= Remembering Billy Ray White  |newspaper=[[The Almanac (Menlo Park)|The Almanac]]|date=February 12, 2018 |url= https://almanacnews.com/news/2018/02/12/remembering-billy-ray-white |via=}}</ref>
* [[Marco Zappacosta]], co-founder of [[Thumbtack (website)|Thumbtack]]{{div col end}}

== Sister cities ==
* {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Bizen, Okayama|Bizen]], Japan <ref>{{Cite web |title=Our cities – Menlo Park Sister Cities |url=https://menloparksistercities.org/our-cities |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=menloparksistercities.org}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Galway]], Ireland
* {{flagicon|India}} [[Kochi]], India
* [[Xinbei, Changzhou|Xinbei District (Changzhou), China]]

==See also==
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*[[Holy Cross Cemetery (Menlo Park, California)]] 
*[[Menlo Park, New Jersey]]
*[[Menlo Park, Pretoria|Menlo Park (Pretoria, South Africa)]]
*[[The Almanac (Menlo Park)]]
*[[Ravenswood Post (Menlo Park, California)]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
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* Stanger, Frank M. ''South from San Francisco: The Life Story of San Mateo County'' 1963, publisher: San Mateo County Historical Association
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Menlo Park}}
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* [https://menlopark.gov/ City of Menlo Park official website]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010522000346/http://www.menloparkchamber.com/ Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041127160134/http://www.menloparklibrary.org/ Menlo Park Library]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/mphistorical Menlo Park Historical Association]

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