College Park is a historic neighborhood of Central
San Jose, California
San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...
, located within the greater district of
The Alameda.
History
The area has been called College Park since 1871, when the
University of the Pacific built its campus in the area. The University existed in San Jose until 1923, when it moved to
Stockton, California
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquir ...
.
When University of the Pacific left College Park,
Bellarmine College Preparatory
Bellarmine College Preparatory is an all-male, Jesuit, private secondary school located in San Jose, California. Founded in 1851, it is the oldest secondary school in California and the second-oldest west of the Mississippi River. In 2020, Niche ...
took over its former campus.
Transportation
Caltrain
Caltrain (reporting mark JPBX) is a California commuter rail line serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley). The southern terminus is in San Jose at Tamien station with weekday rush hour service running as fa ...
rail stations:
*
College Park (Caltrain station)
Notable people
*
Sara J. Dorr (1855–1924), temperance activist
External links
College Park Neighborhood Association
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Neighborhoods in San Jose, California