Welcome to Zayante ...

Zayante is located in Santa Cruz County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zayante, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

Zayante is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Telephone area codes for Zayante: (408) and (669)<3>

Communities near Zayante ...

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

• San Jose
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
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  • 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 <4>
• Sunnyvale
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyvale
  • Sunnyvale is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 151,746 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunnyvale <4>
• Santa Clara
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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  • Santa Clara is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,055 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Clara <4>
• Santa Cruz
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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  • Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,317 people
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• Cupertino
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
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  • Cupertino is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,598 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cupertino <4>
• Campbell
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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  • Campbell is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,427 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campbell <4>
• Saratoga
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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  • Saratoga is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,525 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saratoga <4>
• Los Gatos
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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  • Los Gatos is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,266 people
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• Capitola
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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  • Capitola is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,959 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capitola <4>
• Monte Sereno
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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  • Monte Sereno is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,491 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monte Sereno <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Zayante ...

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

Adding Zayante to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Zayante in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Zayante was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Zayante in the book titled .<5> From that list, the Zayante post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zayante.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Zayante. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Santa Cruz County: www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/

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