Alviso | |
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_(cropped).jpg)   _(cropped).jpg)  Clockwise: Aerial view of New Years Eve celebrations in Alviso; new townhomes in El Dorado; homes in Alviso; San Francisco Bay; townhomes on North First. | |
  Alviso Location within San Jose | |
| Coordinates: 37°25′30″N 121°58′0″W / 37.42500°N 121.96667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | San Francisco Bay Area |
| County | Santa Clara County |
| Incorporated (City of Alviso) | March 26, 1852[1] |
| Consolidated with San Jose | March 12, 1968 |
| Population (2020 [2]) | |
| • Total | 2,251 |
| Demonym | Alvisans |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 95002 |
| Area codes | 408/669 |
| GNIS feature ID | 233410 |
Alviso Historic District | |
| Coordinates | 37°25′30″N 121°58′0″W / 37.42500°N 121.96667°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1851 |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000449[3] |
| Added to NRHP | October 9, 1973 |
Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is named after 19th-century Californio ranchero Ignacio Alviso, who owned the area as part of his Rancho Rincón de Los Esteros.
The Guadalupe River separates Alviso from Santa Clara and Sunnyvale to the west, while Coyote Creek separates Alviso from Milpitas to the east. Alviso is the lowest point in the San Francisco Bay Area at 13 feet (4.0 m) below sea level.[4]
- ^ History of Santa Clara County, California. Alley, Bowen & Company. 1881. p. 249 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Explore Census Data".
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Kurhi, Eric (December 11, 2014). "San Jose: Overwhelmed pumps led to Alviso flooding; residents say it's a 'wake-up call'". The Mercury News. Retrieved February 13, 2015.