Stanford, California

E94405

census-designated place unincorporated community

Stanford, California is an unincorporated community in Santa Clara County best known as the home of Stanford University and its surrounding campus.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Stanford, California canonical	227
Stanford, California, United States	11
Stanford, California, United States of America	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T140597 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stanford, California
Context triple: [Stanford University, locatedIn, Stanford, California]

A. Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California is a major Silicon Valley city known for its role as a global technology and innovation hub and as the home of Stanford University.
B. Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California is a city in Silicon Valley known as a hub for technology and venture capital, home to major research institutions and tech companies.
C. Berkeley
Berkeley is a culturally vibrant and politically progressive city in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, known for its historic association with higher education and social activism.
D. Redwood City, California
Redwood City, California is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Silicon Valley, known for its historic downtown and role as the county seat of San Mateo County.
E. San Mateo
San Mateo is a city in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, known for its suburban neighborhoods, parks, and role as a commercial and residential hub on the Peninsula.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stanford, California
Target entity description: Stanford, California is an unincorporated community in Santa Clara County best known as the home of Stanford University and its surrounding campus.

A. Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California is a major Silicon Valley city known for its role as a global technology and innovation hub and as the home of Stanford University.
B. Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California is a city in Silicon Valley known as a hub for technology and venture capital, home to major research institutions and tech companies.
C. Berkeley
Berkeley is a culturally vibrant and politically progressive city in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, known for its historic association with higher education and social activism.
D. Redwood City, California
Redwood City, California is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Silicon Valley, known for its historic downtown and role as the county seat of San Mateo County.
E. San Mateo
San Mateo is a city in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, known for its suburban neighborhoods, parks, and role as a commercial and residential hub on the Peninsula.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census-designated place ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
adjacentTo	Los Altos Hills, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Los Altos Hills, California Menlo Park, California ⓘ Palo Alto, California ⓘ Portola Valley, California ⓘ
areaCode	650 ⓘ
campusOf	Stanford University ⓘ
campusType	suburban campus ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countySeatOfCounty	none ⓘ
elevation	approximately 95 feet ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	1659567 ⓘ
governingBody	Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors ⓘ surface form: Santa Clara County government
hasAttraction	Cantor Arts Center ⓘ Hoover Tower ⓘ Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ⓘ Stanford Dish ⓘ Stanford Memorial Church ⓘ Stanford Shopping Center ⓘ Stanford Stadium ⓘ
hasChildrenHospital	Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford ⓘ
hasHospital	Stanford Health Care ⓘ surface form: Stanford Hospital
hasLibrary	Green Library ⓘ
hasMuseum	Anderson Collection at Stanford University ⓘ Cantor Arts Center ⓘ
hasPrimaryInstitutionType	research university campus ⓘ
hasUniversity	Stanford University ⓘ
hasZIPCodeType	standard ⓘ
incorporated	no ⓘ
isCollegeTownOf	Stanford University ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Santa Clara County ⓘ surface form: Santa Clara County, California
namedAfter	Leland Stanford ⓘ
nearestAirport	San Francisco International Airport ⓘ San Jose International Airport ⓘ
partOf	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Santa Clara Valley ⓘ
postalCode	94305 ⓘ
primaryLandUse	educational ⓘ research ⓘ
region	Northern California ⓘ
servedBy	Caltrain ⓘ
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
UTCOffset	−8 ⓘ
UTCOffsetDST	−7 ⓘ

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Referenced by (240)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of the Dean of Students of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Equity, Access and Community of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Equity, Access and Community, Stanford University

Office of the Vice President for University Communications of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice President for Alumni Affairs of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice President for Land, Buildings and Real Estate of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice Presidents of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice President for Business Affairs of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Development of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice President for Human Resources of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Office of the Vice President for Development of Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Building 380 (Mathematics Corner) → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Department of History, Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Metaphysics Research Lab → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Maloney Field → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Organizational Behavior area at Stanford Graduate School of Business → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society (Stanford University) → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Stanford Center for Learning Analytics → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

International Comparative Education program → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Curriculum and Teacher Education program → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Stanford Teacher Education Program → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Stanford Law School main complex → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

SCLC → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

subject surface form: Stanford Constitutional Law Center

Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Department of Genetics at Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

Stanford University Athletics Department → locatedIn → Stanford, California ⓘ

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