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Welcome to Mount Eden ...

Mount Eden is located in Alameda County<1>.

Mount Eden was established in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Eden: Mt. Eden

Mount Eden is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Mount Eden ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Eden.

Communities near Mount Eden ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Eden.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Eden ...

Looking for more information about Mount Eden? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Mount Eden, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Eden.

Adding Mount Eden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Eden 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 Mount Eden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mount Eden post office opened in 1862.

We also found Mount Eden in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Eden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Alameda, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Eden - 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.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/