Winchester, San Jose Winchester, San Jose The Winchester area of San Jose, California gains its name from early resident Sarah Lockwood Winchester, a Connecticut native and heiress to fifty percent ownership of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who built the famous Winchester Mystery House. Located between San Tomas Expressway and State Route 17/Interstate 880, and between the city's borders with Santa Clara and Campbell, centered on Winchester Blvd. Winchester is one of the West Valley neighborhoods, with West San Jose to the west and Burbank and the Rose Garden to the east. It is the home to the Westfield Valley Fair, and Santana
San Jose Creek (San Gabriel River tributary) Pomona into the San Gabriel River through the Pomona Valley and San Gabriel Valley. From 1829, San Jose Creek was a stopping place on the Old Spanish Trail first used by Antonio Armijo. In 1837, much of its upper reaches were enclosed within the Rancho San Jose. San Jose Creek (San Gabriel River tributary) San Jose Creek is an intermittent, tributary stream of the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California. The mouth of San Jose Creek is at an elevation of 194 feet / 59 meters at its confluence with the San Gabriel River, 3.5 miles, (5.6 km)