Bell Station, California
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Bell Station is an officially-defined geographic feature of type locale in the National Geographic Names Database. The feature ID number is 218994. The location also appears on the US Geological Survey 7.5-minute quadrangle "Pacheco Peak, California" and the 1921 "Gilroy Hot Springs, California" 15-minute quadrangle.
The area is located along State Route 152 between Casa de Fruta and Pacheco Pass near the southeast extent of Santa Clara County.
Some references say the locale was a stop on the Butterfield Stage Route. [1] The stagecoach route to San Francisco from the American midwest was known to have stops every ten miles or so along its length.
A Department of Transportation (CalTrans) maintenance station used to exist in this area. A California Department of Forestry fire station is west of Bell Station along SR152.
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[edit] Variant names
A variant name is Bell's Station.
The location was originally Hollenbeck's Station, (possibly after the namesake of the Sunnyvale street of the same name). [2] It was renamed for Lafayette F. Bell who built a saloon at the entrance to a toll road over Pacheco Pass. Later, Bell bought the road over Pacheco Pass from Andrew Firebaugh and began charging a toll for passage. A Bell's Station Post Office was established by the U.S. Postal Service from 1873-1914.[3]
[edit] Geography
The US Geological Survey latitude and longitude for the locale is given as . The area is about 350 feet above mean sea level (AMSL).
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[edit] References
- ^ Myer, Chuck, report: Pacheco Past: A History of the Gateway to Santa Clara County, (San Jose, California: Pioneers of Santa Clara County, 1992).
- ^ Durham, David L., Durham's Place Names of the San Francisco Bay Area, (Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press, 2000) pp. 153.
- ^ Myer, Chuck, report: Pacheco Past: A History of the Gateway to Santa Clara County, (San Jose, California: Pioneers of Santa Clara County, 1992).
[edit] External links
- Bell Station Kaiser-Aetna Road (restricted access) entrance to Coe State Park
- 1921 USGS Gilroy Hot Springs 15-minute quadrangle map
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
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
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