Do you know of Almaden ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Almaden. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Almaden.

Our sources for Almaden (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Almaden other than they indicate that Almaden would be found somewhere in Santa Clara County, California.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1934 and closed  in 1953.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Almaden ...

We found one communities that share the name Almaden.

Within California, the name Almaden is unique.

Beyond California, there is another community also named Almaden in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Pennsylvania
    • Clearfield County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Almaden [Clearfield County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Almaden ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Almaden:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Almaden - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

The FIPS database contains an entry for Almaden.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 06/01052   (Place Name: Almaden)

County: Santa Clara     (FIPS State/County: 06/085)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Santa Clara County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Santa Clara County.