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Patchen

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

Patchen is a ghost town in Santa Clara County, California. 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 Patchen 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 37.1483° N, 121.9744° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,503 ft
Nearest living townLexington Hills, CA
Distance to it1.1 miles
Coordinates37.14833, -121.97444

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What's there now

Patchen is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lexington Hills, CA (population 2,777), about 1.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,503 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Historic marker of Patchen, California. Located along Old Santa Cruz Highway, Santa Clara County, California.
Historic marker of Patchen, California. Located along Old Santa Cruz Highway, Santa Clara County, California. · Mrwrite / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

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Questions

Where is Patchen?

Patchen is in Santa Clara County, California, at 37.1483, -121.9744.

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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