Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 13,315 at the 2000 census.
Stanford is an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County and is adjacent to the city of Palo Alto. Stanford, California is a valid postal address, and has its own post office and ZIP codes: 94305 (campus buildings) and 94309 (post-office boxes). A popular site to see/hike in Stanford is the Dish.
The CDP of Stanford is mostly made up of Stanford University. A residential neighborhood adjacent to the Stanford campus, College Terrace, features streets named after universities and colleges, including Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, and Amherst.
