Palo Alto is situated in California’s Santa Clara County. This city is encircled by East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Menlo Park Los Altos, Stanford, and Portola Valley. Palo Alto is a Spanish word for ‘tall stick.’ The name of the city is taken from a coastal redwood tree namely El Palo Alto. Leland Stanford Sr. founded this city; he is also the founder of Stanford University. Palo Alto is a part of Silicon Valley.