Stanford

Stanford is a census-designated place in the northwestern corner of , United States. It is the home of Stanford University, after which it was named.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Hamlet with 13,800 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Stanford, CA” and “Stanford, California”
  • Postal code: 94305
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stanford Memorial Church and Hoover Institution.

Place of worship
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is located on the Main Quad at the center of the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States. It was built during the American Renaissance by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband Leland.

College
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The on War, Revolution, and Peace, commonly known as the , is an American public policy think tank which promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise, and limited government.

Library
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The is the main library on the Stanford University campus and is part of the SUL system. It is named for Cecil H. Green. Green Library houses 4 million volumes, most of which are related to the humanities and social sciences.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include College Terrace and Palo Alto.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the city of , adjacent to Stanford University.

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is a bustling suburb in south of the city of . It is adjacent to Stanford University and home to hundreds of technology companies, ranging from VMware and Hewlett-Packard to tiny startups operating in garages.

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lies in the South Bay and the southern of the San Francisco Bay Area. Once best known for its prune orchards, the area underwent explosive growth with the creation of the high-tech industry in the 1960s.

Stanford

Latitude
37.42747° or 37° 25′ 39″ north
Longitude
-122.17024° or 122° 10′ 13″ west
Population
13,800
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US TNQ
Open location code
849VCRGH+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150934500
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5398563
Wiki­data ID
Q173813
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Stanford” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Stanford”
  • Arabic: “ستانفرد (كاليفورنيا)”
  • Arabic: “ستانفورد”
  • Armenian: “Սթենֆորդ, Կալիֆորնիա”
  • Armenian: “Սթենֆորդ”
  • Asturian: “Stanford”
  • Azerbaijani: “Stenford”
  • Balinese: “Stanford, California”
  • Balinese: “Stanford”
  • Basque: “Stanford”
  • Belarusian: “Стэнфард”
  • Bulgarian: “Станфорд”
  • Catalan: “Stanford”
  • Cebuano: “Stanford”
  • Chechen: “Стенфорд”
  • Chinese: “Stanford”
  • Chinese: “史丹福”
  • Chinese: “斯坦佛”
  • Chinese: “斯坦福”
  • Croatian: “Stanford”
  • Czech: “Stanford”
  • Danish: “Stanford”
  • Dutch: “Stanford”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ستانفورد”
  • Esperanto: “Stanford”
  • Estonian: “Stanford”
  • Finnish: “Stanford”
  • French: “Stanford”
  • Galician: “Stanford”
  • German: “Stanford”
  • Gilaki: “استنفؤرد”
  • Greek: “Στάνφορντ”
  • Hebrew: “סטנפורד”
  • Hindi: “स्टॅनफोर्ड, कॅलिफोर्निया”
  • Hindi: “स्टॅनफोर्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Stanford”
  • Indonesian: “Stanford, California”
  • Indonesian: “Stanford”
  • Irish: “Stanford”
  • Italian: “Stanford”
  • Japanese: “スタンフォード”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Stanford”
  • Korean: “스탠퍼드”
  • Ladin: “Stanford”
  • Latin: “Stanford Californiae”
  • Marathi: “स्टॅनफोर्ड”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Stanford”
  • Newari: “स्ट्यानफर्ड, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “स्ट्यानफर्ड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stanford”
  • Norwegian: “Stanford”
  • Persian: “استنفورد، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “استنفورد”
  • Polish: “Stanford”
  • Portuguese: “Stanford”
  • Romanian: “Stanford, California”
  • Romanian: “Stanford”
  • Russian: “Станфорд”
  • Russian: “Стэнфорд”
  • Serbian: “Станфорд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stanford, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stanford”
  • Silesian: “Stanford”
  • Slovak: “Stanford”
  • Slovenian: “Stanford”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایستانفورد، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Stanford (California)”
  • Spanish: “Stanford”
  • Swahili: “Stanford, California”
  • Swahili: “Stanford”
  • Swedish: “Stanford, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Stanford”
  • Tajik: “Стэнфорд”
  • Talysh: “Stanford (Kalifornijə)”
  • Talysh: “Stanford”
  • Tatar: “Стәнфорд”
  • Tatar: “Стенфорд”
  • Turkish: “Stanford, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Stanford”
  • Ukrainian: “Стенфорд”
  • Urdu: “اسٹنفرڈ”
  • Urdu: “سٹینفورڈ، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Vietnamese: “Stanford, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Stanford”
  • Volapük: “Stanford”
  • Welsh: “Stanford”
  • Western Armenian: “Սթենֆորտ”
  • Yue Chinese: “史丹福”
  • “Stanford”

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