Palo Alto, California

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The coastal city of Palo Alto is located in Santa Clara County.

Palo Alto was incorporated April 23, 1894.

The community of Palo Alto is 40 feet [12.19 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Communities that are also named Palo Alto can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Palo Alto had a population of 58,598 people^<3> (or 3.47% of the total population of Santa Clara County). The population of Palo Alto represented 0.17% of the total of California, making it the state's 119th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Palo Alto had a population of 59,395 people. This is an increase of 1.36% 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 Palo Alto.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cupertino	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	53,637	6.12% increase
	Fremont	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	202,867	0.27% decrease
	Hayward	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	142,061	1.45% increase
	Milpitas	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	67,503	7.66% increase
	Redwood City	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	74,060	1.78% decrease
	San Jose	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	948,279	5.96% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Palo Alto.

Websites for Palo Alto

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Palo Alto. 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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