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Holy City

Ghost town · Santa Clara County, California

Los Gatos quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1919, 1:62,500)
Los Gatos quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1919, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Holy City is a ghost town in Santa Clara County, California, recorded as former human settlement in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is one of 15 former communities in Santa Clara County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 20th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Holy City as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.1569° N, 121.9790° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,256 ft
Nearest living townLexington Hills, CA
Distance to it0.6 miles
Coordinates37.15690, -121.97900

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What's there now

Holy City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lexington Hills, CA (population 2,777), about 0.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,256 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Holy City, California (c. 1924)
Holy City, California (c. 1924) · Unknown authorUnknown author / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

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Questions

Where is Holy City?

Holy City is in Santa Clara County, California, at 37.1569, -121.9790.

How many ghost towns are in Santa Clara County?

Santa Clara County, California has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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