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Nearby Communities in the 1890s


We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.

If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>

While we didn't find Ravenswood in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Ravenswood. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.

  • Palo Alto
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Menlo Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mayfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mayfield is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
  • Fair Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Fair Oaks is located in San Mateo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Redwood City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mountain View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Newark
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Searsville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Searsville is located in San Mateo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
  • San Carlos
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Alvarado ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Alvarado is located in Alameda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
  • Alviso
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Belmont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lawrence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawrence is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
  • Agnew
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Agnew is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
  • Mount Eden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Santa Clara
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • San Mateo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Milpitas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • San Lorenzo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Saratoga
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • College Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • College Park is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Sunol
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Campbell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • San Jose
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • San Jose is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jose <2>
  • Berryessa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Berryessa is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryessa
  • Millbrae
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Half Moon Bay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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 Ravenswood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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