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Welcome to Patchen ...

Patchen is located in Santa Clara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Patchen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

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

Communities near Patchen ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Patchen ...

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

Adding Patchen to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Patchen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Patchen post office opened in 1872 and with the post office name of Patchin.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Patchen.

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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