Winchester is a neighborhood of
San Jose, California
San Jose, officially the City of San José ( ; ), is a cultural, commercial, and political center within Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. With a city population of 997,368 and a metropolitan area population of 1.95 million, it is ...
, located in
West San Jose
West San Jose is the western region of San Jose, California which borders the cities of Santa Clara, Cupertino, Saratoga, and Campbell. The area of West San Jose extends as far north as Stevens Creek Blvd, as far east State Route 17, as far ...
.
History
Winchester gains its name from early resident
Sarah Lockwood Winchester, a Connecticut native and heiress to fifty percent ownership of the
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American manufacturer of repeating firearms and ammunition. The firm was established in 1866 by Oliver Winchester and was located in New Haven, Connecticut. The firm went into receivership ...
, who built the famous
Winchester Mystery House
The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after Winch ...
nearby.
Geography
Winchester is bound to the west by the
San Tomas Expressway and to the east by
CA Highway 17. Its northern boundary is formed by the
JunÃpero Serra Freeway (CA 280), while it borders the city of
Campbell to its south, roughly just north of Hamilton Avenue.
External links
Winchester San Jose Strong Neighborhoods Initiative, June 23, 2006; url accessed August 25, 2006.
Neighborhoods in San Jose, California
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