Menlo Park, New Jersey Menlo Park, New Jersey Menlo Park is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in Menlo Park, which at the time was the site of an unsuccessful real estate development named after the town of Menlo Park, California. While there, he earned the nickname "the Wizard of Menlo Park". The Menlo Park lab was significant in that it was one of the first laboratories to pursue practical, commercial applications of research. It was in his Menlo Park laboratory that Thomas Edison invented
Menlo Park Fire Protection District Menlo Park Fire Protection District The Menlo Park Fire Protection District is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Menlo Park. The Menlo Park Fire District is located on the peninsula in the southernmost part of San Mateo County in the metropolitan bay area. It covers approximately 30 square miles that reaches into the bay. The District's population is estimated around 90,000 and covers the communities of Atherton, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto as well as some of the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County. The district is also part of the greater San Mateo