Menlo Park, California city, survived until 1922, when the original arch was destroyed in an automobile accident. The origin of the name of "Menlo Park, California" ("ca" 1850) pre-dates any work done by Thomas Edison ("ca" 1876) in Menlo Park, New Jersey; Menlo Park, New Jersey was named after Menlo Park, California. In 1917/1918 a large portion of Menlo Park was the site of Camp Fremont, a training camp for, at its height, 27,000 men being sent to fight in World War I. It didn't last long (the camp was dismantled after the war), but army engineers paved the first streets in Menlo
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