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Alum Rock

American  
[al-uhm] / ˈæl əm /

noun

  1. a town in W central California, near San Jose.


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Small Heath, Alum Rock and Sparkhill are among Birmingham neighbourhoods where the population is more than 75% Asian and British Asian.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

The earthquake occurred seven miles from Alum Rock, Calif., 10 miles from Milpitas, Calif., 10 miles from Morgan Hill, Calif. and 12 miles from Campbell, Calif..

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2022

Before that, a magnitude 5.4 temblor hit near Alum Rock in San Jose in 2007.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022

The church itself is a small white structure, with the requisite red door, atop a hill on Alum Rock Road in New Park, not far from the Mason-Dixon Line.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2018

This grows in the Monte Diablo Range; and Niles and Alum Rock are convenient places to find it.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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