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Palo Alto is named after El Palo Alto, a historic 110 ft tall (34 m) California Redwood on the banks of the San Francisquito Creek, sighted and named by the Portolá expedition in 1769. Before the arrival of Europeans, the Ohlone lived on the San Francisco peninsula; in particular, the Puichon Ohlone lived in the Palo Alto area.
Feb 28, 2022 · Palo Alto cemented its place as a leader in science and technology when William Hewlett and David Packard lived and worked together from 1938 to 1940 at the now-famous Hewlett-Packard House and Garage.
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- Alameda. It is Spanish for "grove of poplar (or cottonwood) trees" or "tree-lined avenue." By 1795, the southern part of the region was already referred to as la Alameda.
- Albany. When the town was incorporated in 1908, it took the name Ocean View, though it was jokingly known as O’Shean's View. The name was changed the following year because a nearby section of Berkeley was also called Ocean View.
- Alcatraz. It is Spanish for "pelican." The name Isla de Los Alcatraces was first given to what is now Yerba Buena Island because there were so many pelicans there.
- Angel Island. Juan Manuel de Ayala named it Isla de los Ángeles in 1775.
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- Alameda. The land that is today Alameda was once owned by Luis Peralta, a settler who was gifted the land grant by the governor of California in 1818. The word “alameda” means a grove of poplar trees in Spanish and was chosen in 1853 after a popular vote of residents.
- Albany. Albany’s creation is a lot more colorful than its name indicates. In 1908, a group of local women became incensed that Berkeley residents were dumping their garbage there.
- Antioch. In 1851, the settlement of Smith’s Landing got an appropriately religious name suggestion from the town minister — Antioch. The name Antioch refers to the ancient Greco-Roman city, site of Christian settlement and multiple battles during the Crusades.
- Belmont. According to ‘California Place Names’ by Erwin G. Gudde, Belmont gets its name from the Italian phrase “bel monte,” or “beautiful mountain.” Mountains is probably overstating it, but Belmont is nestled at the foothills of several parks and open spaces.
- The city is named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto.
- The city was established by Leland Stanford when he founded Stanford University, following the death of his son, Leland Stanford Jr. Palo Alto includes portions of Stanford University and shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park.
- At the 2020 census, the city’s total resident population was 68,572.
- Palo Alto is one of the most expensive cities in the United States in which to live and its residents are among the most educated in the country. However, the city has a youth suicide rate four times higher than the national average, often attributed to academic pressure.
Palo Alto Networks was founded in 2005 by Nir Zuk, [11] a former engineer from Check Point and NetScreen Technologies. [12] Zuk, an Israeli native, began working with computers during his mandatory military service in the Israeli Defense Forces in the early 1990s.
May 8, 2023 · In 1769, Gaspar de Portola led a Spanish expedition that explored the Bay Area, including the region that is now Palo Alto. The Spanish were interested in establishing a mission in the area, and in 1776, the Mission Santa Clara was founded nearby.
