Additional Menlo Park Information:
Menlo Park is a well-to-do peninsula town located in San Mateo County. On its residential streets you will find beautiful houses and plenty of trees. The city’s name comes from the name for the estate of Dennis J. Oliver and D. C. McGlynn, who named their property Menlo Park, which was later used to name the railroad station, and finally the city. Menlo Park lies between US Highway 101 and Interstate 280, within close proximity of Stanford University. Menlo Park, like most of the peninsula, saw a post-WWII population boom, especially with the construction of Dibble General Hospital, a military hospital. Then, of course, there was the dotcom boom in the late 90’s which was centralized not far from Menlo Park in Silicon Valley. The city provides essential services like transportation, recycling, public works and waste collection. No matter what your interest are, there are many entertainment opportunities. For those who like the indoors there are libraries, museums, theatres and malls. For the outdoorsy people there are numerous parks and open space with trails. The Menlo Park Bicycle commission sees to it that old bikeways are maintained and new ones are constantly being created. With everything that Menlo Park has to offer, there’s no reason not to live there.