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Sunol Real Estate - A Sleepy Oasis in the Middle of Suburbia
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Sunol is a sleepy rural town on the Southern edge of Pleasanton. It is located at Interstate
680 and Highway 84, at the entrance to Niles Canyon Road, a popular commute route through
a scenic canyon. It has a small cluster of commercial buildings that comprises the downtown
area, along with a park, train depot, and historic school house. Most of the homes are
located in Kilkare Canyon, a scenic two lane road that climbs along Sinbad creek into the
wooded canyon. There are other pockets of homes along Foothill Road and on the East
side of I-680.
Most of Sunol Real Estate here are unconventional and unique. They range from small cabin style
homes to sprawling ranch homes on large lots. It is the "rural outpost" feel of the community
that attracts buyers looking for a retreat from the sprawling suburban cities and housing
tracts that comprise its larger neighbors.. It has the look and feel of a small town in
the Sierra Foothills, yet it offers outstanding commute access to the South Bay and Peninsula.
Approximately 1000 people live amongst the 27.8 square miles that make up Sunol Real
Estate -- a town that is well known for its many attractions, including the Sunol Water
Temple, the Niles Canyon Railway, the Sunol Regional Wilderness and Sunol Valley Golf
Club. A Dog as Mayor?
In the 1980's, Sunol was briefly in the national spot light by electing a black labrador retreiver
as mayor. "Bosco" actually received more votes than 2 human candidates.
The Ohlone Indian tribe were the first inhabitants of this area of rich land that made for plentiful
crops and animal grazing. The town is named in honor of landowners Antonio and Maria Sunol,
who with their son, built a complex of ranching support buildings near the present-day Sunol
Water Temple in the mid 1800's. Subsequently, many gold miners-turned-farmers settled there.
A Railroad Town
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In the late 1800's the Southern and Union Pacific Railroads built tracks that came through
Sunol to get to San Jose. This evolved the town into a vacation destination and by the
1900's, it had 4 hotels, 3 grocery stores, a meat market, 2 barber shops and a soda fountain.
Log cabins were built up the canyon as summer retreats. After World War II, a shortage of
Livermore-Amador Valley homes prompted people to retain their Sunol residences year-round.
Today, the homes have been enlarged and remodeled, but still maintain their charming lattice
work and stone walks in Sunol Real Estate