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The Campus Plan. In 1876, Leland Stanford purchased 650 acres of what had been El Rancho San Francisquito for a country home and began the development of his Palo Alto Stock Farm for trotting horses.
The University owns land in Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, the cities of Palo Alto and Menlo. Park, and the towns of Woodside and Portola Valley. Stanford operates under a 1985 land use. policy agreement between Stanford University, the City of Palo Alto and the County.