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Welcome to El Potrero de Santa Clara ...

El Potrero de Santa Clara is located in Santa Clara County<1>.

El Potrero de Santa Clara is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: El Potrero de Santa Clara lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near El Potrero de Santa Clara ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Potrero de Santa Clara.

  • Fremont
    (14 miles [22.5 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 <3>
  • Sunnyvale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Redwood City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Milpitas
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Union City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • 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 <3>
  • Palo Alto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cupertino
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Newark
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Campbell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)

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 El Potrero de Santa Clara. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Potrero de Santa Clara.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of El Potrero de Santa Clara. 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 El Potrero de Santa Clara.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Potrero de Santa Clara. See our Newspapers Page for El Potrero de Santa Clara.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Potrero de Santa Clara ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Clara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around El Potrero de Santa Clara - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.