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Welcome to Magnetic Spring ...

So far, we found very little information about Magnetic Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Magnetic Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Magnetic Spring, please Contact Us.

Magnetic Spring would have been located within present day Santa Cruz County<2>.

A typical abbreviation for Magnetic Spring: Magnetic Spg. (or less commonly used: Magnetic Spng. or Magnetic Sprng.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Magnetic Spring is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Magnetic Spring was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Magnetic Spring ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Magnetic Spring.

  • San Jose
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
    • San Jose is located in Santa Clara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jose <4>
  • Santa Clara
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Santa Cruz
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cupertino
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Watsonville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Morgan Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Campbell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Saratoga
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Los Gatos
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Capitola
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Magnetic Spring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Magnetic Spring.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Magnetic Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Cruz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Magnetic Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.