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Welcome to Menlo Park ...

Menlo Park is located in Middlesex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Menlo Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Menlo Park is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Menlo Park lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Menlo Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Menlo Park - they are located in California and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Menlo Park.

Communities near Menlo Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Menlo Park.

  • Newark
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Newark is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
  • Jersey City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jersey City is located in Hudson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
  • Elizabeth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Elizabeth is located in Union County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
  • Bayonne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bayonne is located in Hudson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
  • East Orange
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • East Orange is located in Essex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
  • New Brunswick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • New Brunswick is located in Middlesex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,182 people
  • Perth Amboy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Perth Amboy is located in Middlesex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,309 people
  • Plainfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainfield is located in Union County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
  • Linden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Linden is located in Union County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
  • Kearny
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kearny is located in Hudson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Menlo Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Menlo Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Menlo Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Menlo Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Menlo Park. See our Newspapers Page for Menlo Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Menlo Park ...

Looking for more information about Menlo Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Menlo Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Menlo Park.

Adding Menlo Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Menlo Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Menlo Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Menlo Park post office opened in 1871. The Menlo Park post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Menlo Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Middlesex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Menlo Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/