Welcome to College Park ...

College Park is located in Santa Clara County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of College Park, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

College Park is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named College Park ...

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

Beyond California, there are 36 communities that are also named College Park - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (4), Georgia (3), Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (4), Tennessee and Virginia (9).

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

Communities near College Park ...

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

• Fremont
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Fremont is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 234,569 people
  • Former names for Fremont:
  • Centerville
  • Irvington
  • Mission San Jose
  • Niles
  • Warm Springs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <4>
• Sunnyvale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyvale
  • Sunnyvale is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 151,746 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunnyvale <4>
• Santa Clara
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
  • Santa Clara is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,055 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Clara <4>
• Mountain View
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Mountain View is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,030 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain View <4>
• Milpitas
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milpitas
  • Milpitas is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 75,867 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milpitas <4>
• Union City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
  • Union City is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,501 people
  • Former name for Union City:
  • Decoto
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <4>
• Palo Alto
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Alto
  • Palo Alto is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,008 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palo Alto <4>
• Cupertino
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupertino
  • Cupertino is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,598 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cupertino <4>
• Newark
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,699 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
• Morgan Hill
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • 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>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for College Park ...

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

Adding College Park to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the College Park post office opened in 1888.

We also found College Park in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for College Park.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for College Park. 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/