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

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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 Altosto

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Mountain View is one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley, and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or

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Mountain View has a council-manager governmentsystem. An executive city manager is in charge of several departments, while the city council, supported by several boards, commissions, and committees, is the legislature responsible for

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Mountain View is served by a mix of public and private schools.
Public
The public elementary

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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

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2010–2018
The 2010 United States Census reported that Mountain View had a population of 74,066. The population densitywas 6,034.8 people per square mile

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