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Palo Alto Palo Alto ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for ) is a charter city in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a Sequoia sempervirens, coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. Th ...
is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. Palo Alto may also refer to:


Places


United States

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Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County Palo Alto Airport is a general aviation airport in the city of Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, California, United States, near the south end of San Francisco Bay on the western shore. Facilities Palo Alto Airport covers and has one asphalt ...
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Palo Alto Unified School District The Palo Alto Unified School District is a public school district located near Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. It consists of twelve primary schools, three middle schools, two comprehensive high schools, an alternative high schoo ...
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Palo Alto High School Palo Alto Senior High School (commonly referred to locally as "Paly") is a comprehensive public high school in Palo Alto, California. Operated by the Palo Alto Unified School District, the school is one of two high schools in the district, the ...
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East Palo Alto, California East Palo Alto ( ; abbreviated E.P.A.) is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of East Palo Alto was 30,034. It is situated on the San Francisco Peninsula, roughly halfway between the c ...
, neighboring city to Palo Alto, California, United States *
Palo Alto County, Iowa Palo Alto County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,996. The county seat is Emmetsburg. It is named after the Battle of Palo Alto, the first major battle of the Mexican–American War. G ...
, United States * Palo Alto, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in
Ascension Parish, Louisiana Ascension Parish (; ) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 126,500. Its parish seat is Donaldsonville. The parish was created in 1807. Ascension Parish is part of the Baton Rouge metr ...
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Palo Alto, Mississippi Palo Alto (also Savannah) is a ghost town in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. Established c. 1846, it is located at (33.6806738, -88.8000525) at an elevation of 279 feet (85 m). History Palo Alto was named in honor of the Bat ...
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Palo Alto, Pennsylvania Palo Alto is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Bacon Street is the main street of town. This borough stretches along the south bank of the Schuylkill River, and maintains its own fire department, but shares its zip c ...
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Palo Alto, Texas Palo Alto is a place in southwestern Nueces County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located four miles southwest of Driscoll, miles north of Bishop, and 14-1/2 miles north of Kingsville. History The town was named for an 1834 land grant to Mati ...
, United States * Palo Alto, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Highland County, Virginia


Mexico

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Palo Alto, Aguascalientes Palo Alto is a town in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. It stands at . It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate ...
, Mexico


Philippines

* Palo Alto, Calamba, Laguna, Philippines


Media

* ''Palo Alto'' (2007 film) * ''Palo Alto'' (2013 film) * ''
Palo Alto Palo Alto ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for ) is a charter city in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a Sequoia sempervirens, coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. Th ...
'', a 2010 book of short stories by actor James Franco, named for his hometown in the Bay Area * ''Palo Alto'', a 2023 book by journalist Malcolm Harris *
Palo Alto Records Palo Alto Records was a jazz record company and label that released most of its discography in the 1980s. The label was founded in 1981 by Jim Benham, who lived in Palo Alto, California. He played trumpet in a big band and was chairman of the Benha ...
, founded in 1981 * "Palo Alto", a Radiohead song from the EP '' Airbag / How Am I Driving?'' * "Palo Alto", a 2016 song by Jack River *
Paloalto (band) Paloalto is a rock band formed in Los Angeles, California. The band is not named after the city Palo Alto, but rather the lead singer and frontman James Grundler's preschool. Their debut album was released on Rick Rubin's American Recordings la ...
, a Californian rock band ** ''Paloalto'' (album), their debut album *
Paloalto (rapper) Jeon Sang-hyun (; born January 24, 1984), better known by his stage name Paloalto (), is a South Korean rapper and singer. He is the founder of Hi-Lite Records. He has also appeared on '' Show Me the Money 4'', '' Show Me the Money 777'', ''S ...
(born Jeon Sang-hyun), a South Korean rapper and singer * ''
Palo Alto Daily News ''The Daily News'', originally the Palo Alto Daily News, is a free newspaper owned by MediaNews Group and located in Menlo Park. Founded in 1995, it was formerly published seven days a week and at one point had a circulation of 67,000 (a figure ...
'', local free newspaper


Businesses

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Palo Alto Research Center Future Concepts division (formerly Palo Alto Research Center, PARC and Xerox PARC) is a research and development company in Palo Alto, California. It was founded in 1969 by Jacob E. "Jack" Goldman, chief scientist of Xerox Corporation, as a div ...
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Palo Alto Internet Exchange PAIX, the Palo Alto Internet eXchange, was a neutral Internet exchange point. PAIX began operations in 1996 as the Palo Alto Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California, and was owned and operated by Digital Equipment Corporation Digital Equi ...
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Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American multinational cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The core product is a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-based offerings that extend those firewalls to ...
, network security company based in Santa Clara, California.


Other

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El Palo Alto El Palo Alto (Spanish: 'the tall stick') is a coast redwood (''Sequoia sempervirens'') located on the banks of San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, California, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area. The namesake of the city and a historical land ...
, a redwood tree in Palo Alto, California, and the city's namesake * SS ''Palo Alto'', a concrete ship *
Battle of Palo Alto The Battle of Palo Alto () was the first major battle of the Mexican–American War and was fought on May 8, 1846, on disputed ground five miles (8 km) from the modern-day city of Brownsville, Texas. A force of some 3,700 Mexico, Mexican t ...
, during the Mexican–American War


See also

* Palo Alto Plantation (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo