The Mexican land grant of Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas was given in 1842 by Alta California Governor Juan Alvarado to Francisco Estrada. This grant was later passed on to Mariano Castro, who sold half of the land to Martin

2010–2018
The 2010 United States Census reported that Mountain View had a population of 74,066. The population density was 6,034.8 people per square mile (2,330.0/km ). The census reported that 73,801 people (99.6% of the population) lived in

Mountain View is served by a mix of public and private schools.
Public
The public elementary (Bubb, Castro, Imai, Landels, Mistral, Monta Loma, Stevenson, Theuerkauf, and Vargas) and middle schools (Crittenden and

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.3 sq mi (31.8 km ), of which 12.0 sq mi (31.1 km ) is land and 0.27 sq mi (0.7 km ) (2.26%) is water. The city borders Palo Alto and the San Francisco Bay to the north, Los Altos to

Mountain View is one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley, and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or with a large presence. As of 2018, major tech companies such as Google and Mozilla were headquartered in

Mountain View has a council-manager government system. An executive city manager is in charge of several departments, while the

Transportation
The Downtown Mountain View Station is the transit center for the city, connecting the public commuter rail, light rail, bus, and private shuttle systems. Mountain View is served by the Caltrain commuter rail system, which runs from