Coyote is an unincorporated community in a narrowing of Santa Clara Valley astride Coyote Creek, between San Jose and Morgan Hill's Madrone district, in Santa Clara County, California. Part of Coyote is inside the city limits of San Jose. Its ZIP Code is 95013; there is a small U.S. Post Office. It is inside telephone area codes 408 and 669.
San Jose, officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural and political center of Silicon Valley, and the largest city in Northern California. With an estimated 2017 population of 1,035,317, it is the third-most populous city in California and the tenth-most populous in United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley, on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 square miles (466.1 km2). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County, the most affluent county in California and one of the most affluent counties in the United States. San Jose is the most populous city in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 8.7 million people respectively.
The hall itself was built in 1902 on land deeded by Fiachro Fisher from his Coyote Valley estate. From its inception, the building was used as a community meeting place. The Coyote Grange Chapter was founded in 1925 and for many years rented the hall for its meetings. On May5, 1949 the organization bought the building and surrounding gardens and still uses them today for its activities which include monthly dances, expeditions, potluck dinners, and a group for 13- to 17-year-olds, many of whom are home schoolers.
Coyote Valley is a large expanse of farmland, orchards and homes, approximately 7,400 acres (2,995 ha) in size, located in a narrowing of the Santa Clara Valley, in the southernmost part of San Jose, California. The Coyote Valley is targeted for urban development and until March 2008 was undergoing the State of California Specific Plan process in which master planning of the area began. The process was intended to analyze the feasibility of bringing new development to the area, with the participation of planners, environmentalists, engineers, and the general public. Although the North and the Mid-Coyote Valley areas have been planned for urban development since 1961, much controversy surrounds the proposal to build in this valley, which is considered by many to be the last remaining "untouched" open area within San Jose, an open space buffer between the urban City of San Jose and the northward expanding City of Morgan Hill. The Coyote Gap at the extreme north end of Coyote Valley is a critical wildlife corridor for safe passage of large and small mammals from the Diablo Range to the Santa Cruz Mountains because it is the narrowest point between the two mountain ranges.
A potluck is a communal gathering where each guest or group contributes a different, often homemade dish of food to be shared.
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The Coyote Grange Hall is also used for meetings of the local 4-H club and other community organizations, and can be rented for private functions.
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Coyote Grange on the official web site of the California State Grange. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
Timely Topics[permanent dead link], Newsletter of the 4-H Youth Development Program, University of California's Santa Clara County Cooperative Extension Service and the Santa Clara County 4-H Club Council, April 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
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