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Atherton

Atherton is an incorporated town in , United States. Its population was 6,823 as of July 2023 estimates. The town's zoning regulations permit only one single-family home per acre in new subdivisions, though smaller lots exist from prior zoning laws.
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  • Type: Town with 6,910 residents
  • Description: incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Atherton, CA”, “Atherton, California”, “Fair Oaks”, and “加利福尼亞州”
  • Postal code: 94027
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sacred Heart Preparatory School and Menlo Church.

School
Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton private, Roman Catholic, co-educational school in Atherton, California, United States. It was established in 1898 by the Society of the Sacred Heart and is governed by an independent board of trustees.

Church
, previously Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, is a Presbyterian church congregation located in the with campuses in Menlo Park, Mountain View, San Mateo, and Saratoga, California.

School
The Menlo Park City School District is a public school district in the , primarily serving the communities of and Atherton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Menlo Park and North Fair Oaks.

Photo: Annette Teng, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburban, tree-lined community in midway between the major cities of and . offers visitors easy access to Stanford, Palo Alto and Silicon Valley.

Town
is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area located in adjacent to , Atherton, and . is situated 1½ miles north of Atherton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated part of San Mateo County, California. The area, located in the north-east part of is a neighborhood bounded by Ringwood Avenue, Bay Road, Berkeley Avenue, Coleman Avenue, and Arlington Way. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Atherton.

Atherton

Latitude
37.45377° or 37° 27′ 14″ north
Longitude
-122.20583° or 122° 12′ 21″ west
Population
6,910
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ATC
Open location code
849VFQ3V+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150937607
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5325147
Wiki­data ID
Q2869080
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Atherton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أثرتون”
  • Armenian: “Աթերտոն, Կալիֆոռնիա”
  • Armenian: “Աթերտոն, Կալիֆորնիա”
  • Armenian: “Աթերտոն”
  • Basque: “Atherton”
  • Bulgarian: “Адъртън”
  • Bulgarian: “Атертън”
  • Catalan: “Atherton”
  • Cebuano: “Atherton”
  • Chechen: “Атертон”
  • Chinese: “Atherton”
  • Chinese: “阿市”
  • Chinese: “阿瑟顿”
  • Croatian: “Atherton, Kalifornija”
  • Croatian: “Atherton”
  • Czech: “Atherton”
  • Danish: “Atherton”
  • Dutch: “Atherton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اثرتون”
  • Esperanto: “Atherton”
  • French: “Atherton”
  • German: “Atherton”
  • Gilaki: “آثرتن”
  • Haitian: “Atherton , Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Atherton, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Atherton”
  • Hebrew: “אתרטון”
  • Hungarian: “Atherton”
  • Irish: “Atherton”
  • Italian: “Atherton”
  • Japanese: “アサートン”
  • Japanese: “アザートン”
  • Japanese: “サンマテオ郡”
  • Korean: “애서턴”
  • Ladin: “Atherton”
  • Malagasy: “Atherton, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Atherton”
  • Malayalam: “അതെർട്ടൺ”
  • Mazanderani: “آترتون (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “آترتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Atherton”
  • Newari: “आथरटन, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “आथरटन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Atherton”
  • Norwegian: “Atherton”
  • Persian: “آترتون، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “آترتون”
  • Persian: “اترتون، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “اترتون”
  • Polish: “Atherton”
  • Portuguese: “Atherton (Califórnia)”
  • Portuguese: “Atherton”
  • Russian: “Атертон (Калифорния)”
  • Russian: “Атертон”
  • Russian: “Фэр-Оукс”
  • Serbian: “Atherton, California”
  • Serbian: “Атертон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Atherton, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Atherton, Kalifornija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Atherton”
  • Slovak: “Atherton”
  • Slovenian: “Atherton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آترتون، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Atherton (California)”
  • Spanish: “Atherton”
  • Swahili: “Atherton, California”
  • Swahili: “Atherton”
  • Swedish: “Atherton, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Atherton”
  • Tagalog: “Atherton, California”
  • Tagalog: “Atherton”
  • Tatar: “Атертон”
  • Turkish: “Atherton, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Atherton”
  • Ukrainian: “Атертон”
  • Urdu: “آتھرتن، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Atherton”
  • Volapük: “Atherton (CA)”
  • Volapük: “Atherton (California)”
  • Volapük: “Atherton, CA”
  • Volapük: “Atherton, California”
  • Volapük: “Atherton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Atherton, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Atherton”
  • “Atherton”

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