San Andreas, California

About San Andreas

San Andreas is a small unincorporated community in central California.

San Andreas holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 10.01 square miles.

📰 San Andreas News Today

• Aydin Rhys Etherton Jordan Obituary | Diebold Funeral Holdings | San Andreas, CA Tribute Archive · Aug 18
• The San Andreas fault has gone ominously silent. Scientists fear when it finally snaps Lodinews.com · Aug 15
• 'The Big One' is coming, but when? Study suggests major California earthquake could hit sooner than later ABC7 Bay Area · Aug 3
• Why California’s ‘Earthquake Gate’ Keeps Scientists Up at Night National Geographic · Aug 14
• Magnitude 3.8 earthquake centered in Oakland shakes Northern California latimes.com · Aug 13

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes San Andreas Unique

• The only place in America named San Andreas — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of California — one of 1,618 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in San Andreas

• Gooney's Bar & Grill
• Pizza Factory — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Calaveras County Historical Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in San Andreas

• F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Gerald Turner Park reviews ★
• Nielsen Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in San Andreas

• Calaveras High
• Calaveras River Academy
• Calaveras Unified Alternative-Sierra Hills Education Center
• Gold Strike High
• Mountain Oaks
• Oakendell Community
• Rite of Passage
• San Andreas Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Mark Twain Medical Center ★★★ (3/5 CMS rating) · Critical Access Hospitals

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of San Andreas

🏘️ Nearby Communities