New Almaden, California
New Almaden, California | |
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 Laird Adobe | |
  New Almaden, California | |
| Coordinates: 37°10′34″N 121°49′15″W / 37.17611°N 121.82083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Santa Clara |
| Elevation | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 95042 |
| Area code | 408 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1659212[1] |
New Almaden is an unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California, United States. New Almaden is 11 miles (18 km) south-southeast of downtown San Jose. New Almaden has a post office with ZIP code 95042, which first opened in 1861. The community is named after the New Almaden mine, which opened in the area in 1848.[2][3] New Almaden was the childhood home of former Arizona Cardinals All-Pro safety Pat Tillman and also the childhood home of long time professional Equestrian Clayton Jackson a noted trainer of Hunters, Jumpers and Equitation horses.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Almaden, California
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 671. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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