Welcome to San Jose ...

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

We've added San Jose to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of San Jose - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with San Jose, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of San Jose , we believe that it would have been located within present day San Diego County<2>.

When the people of San Jose referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used San Josean<3>

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

Communities Also Named San Jose ...

While we believe that this San Jose is located in San Diego County, we know of another 3 California communities named San Jose. Those communities are located in the following counties: Los Angeles, Marin and Santa Clara County.

Beyond California, there are 18 communities that are also named San Jose - they are located in Arizona (2), Florida, Illinois, New Mexico (7) and Texas (4).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for San Jose.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 San Jose, 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 San Diego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of San Jose refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of San Jose may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.