Edison, New Jersey Township in Hunterdon County. In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in New Jersey on the site of an unsuccessful real estate development in Raritan Township called "Menlo Park", (currently located in Edison State Park). While there he earned the nickname "the Wizard of Menlo Park." Before his death at age 83 in 1931, the prolific inventor amassed a record 1,093 patents for creations including the phonograph, a stock ticker, the motion-picture camera, the incandescent light bulb, a mechanical vote counter, the alkaline storage battery including one for an electric car, and the first commercial electric
Menlo, Iowa Menlo, Iowa Menlo is a city in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States. The population was 353 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Menlo was laid out in 1869. Menlo was first called "The Switch" and then "Guthrie Switch", but it was finally renamed Menlo in order to prevent confusion with Guthrie Center. Menlo is located at (41.522461, -94.405375). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 353 people, 147 households, and