Stanton is a city located in northern Orange County, California, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was officially incorporated in 1956 and operates under a council-manager form of government that provides a full range of municipal services to its residents.
The city is bounded by Cypress to the west, Garden Grove to the east and south, and Anaheim to the north and east. According to the 2020 United States census, the population of Stanton was 37,962.