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Welcome to Santa Clara ...

Santa Clara is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Santa Clara, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Santa Clara is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Santa Clara lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Santa Clara: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Santa Clara ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Santa Clara - they are located in California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico (3), Oregon, South Dakota, Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Santa Clara ...

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

  • Malone
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Brushton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Saint Regis Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Skerry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Skerry is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
  • East Dickinson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
  • Nicholville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Alburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alburg is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
  • West Bangor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
  • Bangor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hopkinton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Santa Clara ...

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

Adding Santa Clara to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Santa Clara 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 (so far) for Santa Clara was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Santa Clara post office opened in 1886. The Santa Clara post office closed in 1954.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Santa Clara - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Santa Clara area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Santa Clara area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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