The fertile land between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the shores of the southern San Francisco Bay once supported multiple villages of the indigenous Ohlone people. … See more

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 … See more

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

Roads
Several freeways end and intersect in Mountain View, including SR-237 (which begins at Grant Rd), SR-85 (terminates at Shoreline Blvd), and US-101 (passes through the city). Due to the various alignments of these … See more

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.236 square miles (31.69 km ), of which 11.958 square miles (30.97 … See more

2020 census
As of the 2020 census, there were 82,376 people and 34,423 households, and 19,585 families … See more

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 … See more