Welcome to San Jose ...

San Jose is located in Graham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Jose, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

When the people of San Jose refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use San Josean<2>

San Jose is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: San Jose lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from San Jose (for example, toward Virden (NM)), you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

The telephone area code for San Jose: (928)

Websites for San Jose ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.graham-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to San Jose, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named San Jose ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arizona communities named San Jose: This one is located in Graham County and the other is located in Cochise County.

Beyond Arizona, there are 18 communities that are also named San Jose - they are located in California (4), Florida, Illinois, New Mexico (7) and Texas (4).

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

Communities near San Jose ...

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

• Safford
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safford
  • Safford is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,951 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Safford <4>
• Thatcher
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
  • Thatcher is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thatcher <4>
• Pima
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pima
  • Pima is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,588 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pima <4>
• Cactus Flat
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
  • Cactus Flat is located in Graham County
• Graham
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Graham is located in Graham County
• Lebanon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Lebanon is located in Graham County
• Swift Trail Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Trail Junction
  • Swift Trail Junction is located in Graham County
• Artesia
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
  • Artesia is located in Graham County
• Central
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Central is located in Graham County
• Bryce
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryce
  • Bryce is located in Graham 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 Jose. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Jose.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Jose ...

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

Adding San Jose to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the San Jose post office opened in 1904.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Graham County: www.graham.az.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/