Mountain View, California

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The city of Mountain View is located in Santa Clara County.

Typical abbreviation for Mountain View: Mountain Vw.

Mountain View was incorporated November 7, 1902.

The community of Mountain View is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Mountain View lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Mountain View can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Mountain View had a population of 70,708 people^<3> (or 4.19% of the total population of Santa Clara County). The population of Mountain View represented 0.21% of the total of California, making it the state's 90th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Mountain View had a population of 71,348 people. This is an increase of 0.91% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Mountain View.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cupertino	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	53,637	6.12% increase
	Fremont	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	202,867	0.27% decrease
	Hayward	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	142,061	1.45% increase
	Milpitas	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	67,503	7.66% increase
	Newark	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	41,781	1.62% decrease
	Redwood City	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	74,060	1.78% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Mountain View.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<5>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Mountain View. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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