Palo Alto is a charter city in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States. Part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it is named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The population was 68,572 as of the 2020 United States census.
Pacific
Palo Alto
Santa Clara County, CA
Population
67,901
Walk Score
97 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$3,169
Median home value
$2,000,001
[[Municipal corporation
1894
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Green Gables · listed 2005
- Greenmeadow · listed 2005
- Professorville Historic District · listed 1980
- Ramona Street Architectural District · listed 1986
- Zschokke, Theodore, Cottages · listed 2020
Notable landmarks
- Allen, Theophilus, House · listed 1999
- de Lemos, Pedro, House · listed 1980
- Downing, T. B., House · listed 1973
- Dunker House · listed 1982
- Fraternal Hall Building · listed 1990
- Hanna-Honeycomb House · listed 1978
- Hewlett-Packard House and Garage · listed 2007
- Hostess House · listed 1976
- Kee House · listed 1985
- Norris House · listed 1980
- Palo Alto Medical Clinic · listed 2010
- Palo Alto Southern Pacific Railroad Depot · listed 1996
- Pettigrew House · listed 1980
- Squire, John Adam, House · listed 1972
- U.S. Post Office · listed 1981
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital Site · listed 2019
- Wilson House · listed 1980
- Woman's Club of Palo Alto · listed 2015
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