Welcome to San Felipe ...

San Felipe is located in Santa Clara County<1>.

The location of San Felipe has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Felipe, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1868.

San Felipe is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

San Felipe is located in the (831) area code.

Communities Also Named San Felipe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named San Felipe: This one is located in Santa Clara County and the other is located in San Diego County.

Beyond California, there are 4 communities that are also named San Felipe - they are located in New Mexico (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near San Felipe ...

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

• Gilroy
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • 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
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • 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
  (17 miles [27.4 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
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • 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
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • 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>
• Bell Station
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Station
  • Bell Station is located in Santa Clara County
  • Bell Station has also been known as:
  • Bell's Station
• Sargent ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
  • Sargent is located in Santa Clara County
• River Oaks
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Oaks
  • River Oaks is located in San Benito County
• Rucker
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
  • Rucker is located in Santa Clara County
• Ridgemark
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgemark
  • Ridgemark is located in San Benito County

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 San Felipe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Felipe.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of San Felipe. 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 San Felipe.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Felipe ...

Looking for more information about San Felipe? 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 San Felipe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for San Felipe.

Adding San Felipe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Felipe 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 San Felipe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the San Felipe post office opened in 1868.

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Felipe.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for San Felipe. 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/