1769Infrastructure
== History ==
The area of Menlo Park was inhabited by the Ohlone people when the Portolá expedition arrived in 1769.
1795History
In 1795, the Rancho de las Pulgas Spanish land grant was made that included the area of the current city.
1851History
=== Original Menlo Park gate ===
In 1851, two Irish immigrants, Dennis J.
1854History
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...
1863Architecture
=== 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) a...
1867Architecture
The 1867 station building still stands on the platform of the current Caltrain station, used by the local Chamber of Commerce.
1870Government
A post office was established in 1870, and the city was incorporated in 1874 (it dissolved after two years, but later was permanently incorporated in 1927).
1876History
1876); Menlo, Washington, also derived its name from the California community.
1917Military
=== 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.
1918Disaster
In the autumn of 1918, a flu pandemic hit Camp Fremont and killed 147.
1922History
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.
1947Culture
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.
1951Culture
=== Sunset magazine headquarters ===
Sunset magazine had its headquarters in Menlo Park from 1951 to 2015, designed by architect, Cliff May, with a similar layout to a Californi...
1998History
=== 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.
2011Education
Meta Platforms moved its headquarters to the former campus of Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park in December 2011.
2012History
=== Top employers ===
In 2012, Meta (then known as Facebook) announced it would be Menlo Park's biggest employer, with 6,600 employees.
2015History
=== 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.
2019Civil Rights
The completed gate was placed in front of the Menlo Park public library at 800 Alma Street, and officially dedicated on March 17, 2019, by Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller.
2020History
It had 33,780 residents at the 2020 United States census.
2023History
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $206,588, and the per capita income was $123,422.