Rucker, California
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Rucker is an historic district in unincorporated Santa Clara County, California located halfway along the five miles of Monterey Highway between Gilroy, California and San Martin. The name is official but not in common use among locals today. [1] Its official elevation is listed as 235 feet above mean sea level (AMSL) and official NAD27 coordinates are given as .[2] Supporting the name are a street named Rucker Avenue, Rucker School (K-6), and Rucker Creek: geographic features in the same area. [3] The name is historic and probably commemorative: almost no one refers to this area as Rucker today. The community was part of the Mexican Land Grant called San Francisco de las Llagas. [4]
References corroborate use of the name in 1933 to describe a siding on what is now the Union Pacific Railroad, Coast Subdivision. [5] It still appears on modern maps. [6] [7]
The community is inside Area code 408 and default wired telephone service comes from the Verizon Gilroy exchange.
At the southern edge of the San Jose metropolitan area, the community is gradually being developed. The area has historically been agricultural with many present-day area homes having an acre of land or more and horses. Homes often include mature trees and primitive barbed-wire fences. Area crops include turf, alfalfa and other irrigated row crops.
[edit] References
- ^ Map: "Gilroy, California 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, 1985" U.S. Geological Survey.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database.
- ^ Map: "Map of Southern Santa Clara County," (San Jose, California: Regal Map Company, 1967).
- ^ Map: "Gilroy, California 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, 1985" U.S. Geological Survey.
- ^ Holmes, Norman W., Prune Country Railroading: Steel Rails to San Jose, (Huntington Beach, California: Shade Tree Books, 1995), pp.135.
- ^ California Region Timetable: 14, (Modesto, California: Altamont Press, 2003).
- ^ Map: "Gilroy, California 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, 1985" U.S. Geological Survey.
[edit] External links
- 1917 map of area showing "Rucker".
- Sargent's Juristac Rancho
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or MapQuest
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, or WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
Cities
Population over 100,000: San Jose (County seat) • Santa Clara • Sunnyvale
Population 50,000 – 100,000: Cupertino • Milpitas • Mountain View • Palo Alto
Population under 50,000: Campbell • Gilroy • Los Altos • Los Altos Hills • Los Gatos • Monte Sereno • Morgan Hill • Saratoga
Census-designated places
Alum Rock • Buena Vista • Burbank • East Foothills • Fruitdale • Lexington Hills • Loyola • San Martin • Seven Trees • Stanford • Sunol-Midtown
Other unincorporated communities
Bell Station • Casa Loma • Chemeketa Park • Holy City • Loma Chiquita • Redwood Estates • Rucker • San Antonio • Sargent • Sveadal
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