Welcome to Rucker ...

Rucker is located in Santa Clara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rucker, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Rucker is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rucker lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Rucker: (408) and (669)<3>

Communities Also Named Rucker ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Rucker - they are located in Arizona, Missouri (2), Tennessee and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rucker.

Communities near Rucker ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rucker.

• Gilroy
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilroy
  • Gilroy is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,831 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilroy <4>
• Watsonville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watsonville
  • Watsonville is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,673 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watsonville <4>
• Morgan Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Hill
  • Morgan Hill is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,501 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morgan Hill <4>
• Hollister
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
  • Hollister is located in San Benito County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,805 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollister <4>
• San Juan Bautista
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan Bautista
  • San Juan Bautista is located in San Benito County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,124 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Juan Bautista <4>
• Madrone
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrone
  • Madrone is located in Santa Clara County
• Sargent ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
  • Sargent is located in Santa Clara County
• Interlaken
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
  • Interlaken is located in Santa Cruz County
• River Oaks
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Oaks
  • River Oaks is located in San Benito County
• Aromas
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aromas
  • Aromas is located in Monterey County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aromas <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rucker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rucker.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rucker. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rucker.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rucker. See our Newspapers Page for Rucker.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rucker ...

Looking for more information about Rucker? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rucker, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rucker.

Adding Rucker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rucker in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rucker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rucker post office opened in 1894.

We also found Rucker mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rucker.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rucker. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Santa Clara County: www.sccgov.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/