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Sunol Temple
Sunol may refer to: * Sunol, California * Sunol-Midtown, California * Sunol, Nebraska * Sunol Regional Wilderness The Sunol Regional Wilderness is a regional park in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, the eastern San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California. It is located near the town of Sunol, California, Sunol, south of Pleasanton, California, Ple ..., Alameda County, California * Suñol, Spanish surname {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunol, California
Sunol () is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Alameda County, California. Located in the Sunol Valley of the East Bay, the population was 922 at the 2020 census. It is best known as the location of the Sunol Water Temple and for its historic tourist railroad system, the Niles Canyon Railway. Etymology Sunol, formerly Sunolglen, is named for Don Antonio Suñol. His adobe ranch house from the 1840s was located where the San Francisco water system's works are now located. History The first Sunol post office opened in 1871 and the name was changed to Sunolglen the same year. The name reverted to Sunol in 1920. The town's name is in honor of Antonio Suñol, first postmaster in nearby San Jose and part owner of the historical Rancho Valle de San Jose land grant that once contained the site of the town. Thomas Foxwell Bachelder had large farm in Sunol and sold land in 1884 that founded much of the town. Geography Sunol is located adjacent to two railroads an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunol-Midtown, California
Midtown San Jose is a mixed commercial and residential district of San Jose, California, to the southwest of Downtown San Jose and east of West San Carlos. History The area was a census-designated place and primarily residential area in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It has been annexed to San Jose. The population was 748 at the 2000 census. It is designated one of San Jose's Urban Village and is part of the Envision San Jose 2040 plan the city rolled out in 2012. The focus is on building high-density housing along the West San Carlos Street corridor, replacing the older mixed-use buildings. Geography Sunol-Midtown is located at (37.324841, -121.910198). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , all of it land. Demographics Sunol-Midtown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. Census. It was deleted prior to the 2010 U.S. Census after being annexed to San Jose city. 2000 (These demographics a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunol, Nebraska
Sunol is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 73. Sunol is located in the valley of Lodgepole Creek on U.S. routes 30 and 385, east of Sidney, the county seat. Interstate 80 is to the south via Nebraska Link 17E. History Sunol was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...ted in 1909. A post office was established at Sunol in 1910, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1973. Demographics References Census-designated places in Cheyenne County, Nebraska Census-designated places in Nebraska {{CheyenneCountyNE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunol Regional Wilderness
The Sunol Regional Wilderness is a regional park in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, the eastern San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California. It is located near the town of Sunol, California, Sunol, south of Pleasanton, California, Pleasanton and east of Fremont, California, Fremont. The park was established in 1962, and is administered by the East Bay Regional Park District. The park is subject to either closure or fire restriction during the wildfire season from June through October. Natural history The park is in the inner California Coast Ranges. It originally was inhabited by Native Americans, and was subsequently primarily ranch land, with chaparral, California oak woodland, oak woodland, and grassland habitats. Grazing rights within the park are still leased, so cattle may be encountered. Flora Common trees in the park include Quercus agrifolia, Coast live oak (''Quercus agrifolia''), Quercus lobata, Valley oak (''Quercus lobata''), Quercus douglasii, Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
