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

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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 with a large presence. As of 2018,

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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

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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

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Transportation
The Downtown Mountain View Stationis the transit center for the city, connecting the public commuter rail, light rail, bus, and private shuttle systems.

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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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