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Welcome to Santa Teresa ...

Santa Teresa is located in Santa Clara County<1>.

Santa Teresa is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Santa Teresa ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Santa Teresa.

Communities near Santa Teresa ...

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

  • San Jose
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <3>
  • Sunnyvale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Clara
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Milpitas
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cupertino
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Morgan Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Campbell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Saratoga
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Los Gatos
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Santa Teresa ...

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

Adding Santa Teresa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Santa Teresa in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Santa Teresa was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Santa Teresa.

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>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Santa Teresa - 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.