Sveadal, California
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Sveadal is a private Swedish American
community in unincorporated
Santa Clara County
, California
. It is located near Morgan Hill, California
in the eastern Santa Cruz Mountains
, adjacent to Uvas Canyon County Park
. It has been owned by the Swedish American Patriotic League since its founding in 1926. The ZIP Code
is 95141 and the community is inside area code 408
.
Swedish American
Swedish Americans are Americans of Swedish descent, especially the descendants of about 1.2 million immigrants from Sweden during 1885-1915. Most were Lutherans who affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ; some were Methodists...
community in unincorporated
Llagas-Uvas, California
Llagas-Uvas is an unincorporated census-designated area located on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains in southwest Santa Clara County, California...
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,781,642. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It is located near Morgan Hill, California
Morgan Hill, California
Morgan Hill is a city located in the southern part of Santa Clara County, California, United States. Founded on November 10, 1906, the city was named after Hiram Morgan Hill, a San Franciscan who built a country retreat home there in 1884...
in the eastern Santa Cruz Mountains
Santa Cruz Mountains
The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central California, United States. They form a ridge along the San Francisco Peninsula, south of San Francisco, separating the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley, and continuing south,...
, adjacent to Uvas Canyon County Park
Uvas Canyon County Park
Uvas Canyon County Park is part of the Santa Clara County Park System. This natural park is located in upper Uvas Canyon on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains, and has several small waterfalls, some of which flow perennially. It is also very close to San Jose and Silicon Valley. It...
. It has been owned by the Swedish American Patriotic League since its founding in 1926. The ZIP Code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
is 95141 and the community is inside area code 408
Area code 408
North American area code 408 is a telephone area code in California that covers most of Santa Clara County and includes Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino, and San Jose. It was created in a 1959 split from area code 415 in a flash-cut...
.