Alviso, San Jose

Alviso
Neighborhood of San Jose
Clockwise: Aerial view of New Years Eve celebrations in Alviso; new townhomes in El Dorado; homes in Alviso; San Francisco Bay; townhomes on North First.
Alviso Location within San Jose
Coordinates: 37°25′30″N 121°58′0″W / 37.42500°N 121.96667°W / 37.42500; -121.96667
Country	United States
State	California
Region	San Francisco Bay Area
County	Santa Clara County
Incorporated (City of Alviso)	March 26, 1852[1]
Consolidated with San Jose	March 12, 1968
Population  (2020 [2])
• Total	2,251
Demonym	Alvisans
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	95002
Area codes	408/669
GNIS feature ID	233410
Alviso Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Coordinates	37°25′30″N 121°58′0″W / 37.42500°N 121.96667°W / 37.42500; -121.96667
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1851
NRHP reference No.	73000449[3]
Added to NRHP	October 9, 1973

Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is named after 19th-century Californio ranchero Ignacio Alviso, who owned the area as part of his Rancho Rincón de Los Esteros.

The Guadalupe River separates Alviso from Santa Clara and Sunnyvale to the west, while Coyote Creek separates Alviso from Milpitas to the east. Alviso is the lowest point in the San Francisco Bay Area at 13 feet (4.0 m) below sea level.^[4]