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Welcome to Searsville ...

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

We've added Searsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Searsville, please Contact Us.

Searsville would have been located within present day San Mateo County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Searsville, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Searsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858. The community was inundated by Searsville Lake in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Searsville is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where Searsville once stood is in the (650) area code.

Communities Also Named Searsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Searsville - they are located in Massachusetts, New Brunswick and New York.

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

Communities near Searsville ...

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

  • San Jose
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • 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 <5>
  • Fremont
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
    • Fremont is located in Alameda County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 234,569 people
    • Former names for Fremont:
    • Centerville
    • Irvington
    • Mission San Jose
    • Niles
    • Warm Springs
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <5>
  • Sunnyvale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Santa Clara
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • San Mateo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Redwood City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Milpitas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Union City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Union City is located in Alameda County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,501 people
    • Former name for Union City:
    • Decoto
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <5>
  • Palo Alto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

Adding Searsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Searsville 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 Searsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Searsville post office opened in 1858.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Searsville.

The official website for San Mateo County: www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/

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 Searsville, 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 Mateo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Searsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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