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Redwood Oaks, the city blocks between Woodside Road and El Camino Real, and the unincorporated county pocket beside it toward Atherton that listings call Horgan Ranch, home to Woodside High School.
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the story
How Horgan Ranch & Redwood Oaks came to be
Two governments share these streets. Redwood Oaks is one of Redwood City's 17 neighborhood associations. Just south of it, everything from Nimitz Avenue to the Atherton and Woodside town lines is unincorporated San Mateo County, even though the homes carry Redwood City 94061 addresses. Listing records call that county pocket Horgan Ranch, and public maps label it Sequoia Tract. Horgan Ranch is not a city neighborhood name, and we found no documented history behind it. Horgan Avenue, the nearby street that carries the name, is a few blocks north inside the city.
The clearest dated chapter is mid-century. Joseph Eichler's Atherwood tract, on Atherwood Avenue just south of Woodside Road, was released in November 1950, one of his first subdivisions, with designs by the architects Anshen & Allen and radiant heating, according to an Eichler history of those early tracts. On the county side, two listing records we read, on Country Lane and Helena Way, show single-family houses built in 1955 and 1961, both on public sewer.
County zoning maps put most of the pocket in an R-1 one-family district combined with an S-74 district, applied by a 2005 county ordinance. The corner around Churchill Avenue and Woodside High School is zoned R-E/S-11, a residential-estate district, the Alameda edge by Bonsen Court is R-1/S-9, and small commercial and multifamily zones line Woodside Road and parts of Sequoia and San Carlos avenues.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Redwood Oaks runs from Woodside Road southeast to El Camino Real and the county line, plus a strip between El Camino Real and the Caltrain tracks north of Northumberland Avenue that holds a shopping center. City zoning is a patchwork: about 28 percent of zoned land is R-2 (duplex) and about 29 percent single-family (R-1 and R-1-7), with R-3 and R-4 apartments and mixed-use corridor zoning along El Camino Real. Roble, Orchard, Carlos, Bonita and Chelsea Way mix single-family houses and duplexes; a local walking blog notes gated townhouse complexes off Kentfield Avenue built in the late 1980s, and apartment buildings line Woodside Road. A 2008 city historic-resources layer lists a designated house on Orchard Avenue.
Across Nimitz Avenue the grid continues as county land: Nimitz, Himmel, Montgomery, Hull, Cerrito, Santiago, Santa Clara, Sequoia, Beresford, Rutherford and West Selby, with Milton Street, Montwood Circle, Helena Way and Country Lane near the Atherton line and Bonsen Court below the Alameda. County zoning keeps them mainly single-family. Woodside High School fills the corner between the Alameda, Churchill Avenue and Woodside Road.
The city-county line is easy to miss on the ground. By Census boundaries, Atherwood Avenue, Cedarwood Way, Whitehall Lane and the streets north of them are city; Nimitz Avenue, Country Lane and everything south are county. Two exceptions: Jubilee Court and Gretel Court, just east of Woodside Road, are inside the city, and a local walking blog notes that one apartment building at Nimitz Avenue and Woodside Road is city land.
streets in horgan ranch & redwood oaks
- Woodside Road
- El Camino Real
- Alameda de las Pulgas
- Atherwood Avenue
- Cedarwood Way
- Horgan Avenue
- Orchard Avenue
- Roble Avenue
- Carlos Avenue
- Bonita Avenue
- Chelsea Way
- Whitehall Lane
- Gregory Lane
- Northumberland Avenue
- East Oakwood Boulevard
- West Oakwood Boulevard
- Kentfield Avenue
- Linden Street
- Locust Street
- Nimitz Avenue
- Himmel Avenue
- Montgomery Avenue
- Hull Avenue
- Cerrito Avenue
- Santiago Avenue
- Santa Clara Avenue
- Sequoia Avenue
- Beresford Avenue
- Rutherford Avenue
- West Selby Lane
- Milton Street
- Montwood Circle
- Helena Way
- Country Lane
- Bonsen Court
- Churchill Avenue
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Horgan Ranch & Redwood Oaks
- school
Woodside High School
Sequoia Union's campus at 199 Churchill Avenue carries a Woodside mailing address but sits inside the unincorporated pocket, per Census boundaries, at the Alameda and Woodside Road.
- park
Fleishman Park
A city neighborhood park of about 0.7 acre at Locust and McEvoy streets, with a playground, picnic tables, restrooms and a summer water feature, per a local walking blog.
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Linden Park
A long, narrow city mini park of about 0.4 acre at Linden and Park streets, laid over the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's water pipeline corridor, with a butterfly garden.
- shopping
El Camino Real at Woodside Road
The Redwood Oaks strip between El Camino Real and the tracks holds a shopping center with a big-box store and a supermarket, per public maps.
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Woodside Road shops
Across Woodside Road in the Woodside Plaza neighborhood, public maps show a supermarket, other stores and a post office near Massachusetts Avenue.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Both the city and county sides are in the Redwood City School District (TK-8) and the Sequoia Union High School District; Census maps show no other district on these blocks. Public schools in or beside the area: Woodside High School (199 Churchill Ave.) inside the county pocket; Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion (170 Selby Ln., K-5), a Redwood City district school whose campus straddles the Atherton line at the pocket's east edge; and Henry Ford Elementary (2498 Massachusetts Ave.) and Kennedy Middle (2521 Goodwin Ave.) across Woodside Road. Programs and boundaries change, so check the exact address with both districts.
Getting around
- Caltrain: the Redwood City station is about 1.1 miles straight-line from Fleishman Park and about 2 miles from Country Lane; the Menlo Park station is about 2.2 miles from Country Lane.
- SamTrans route ECR runs on El Camino Real along the northeast edge.
- Woodside Road (SR 84) runs northeast to US-101, about 2.2 miles straight-line from Country Lane, and southwest toward I-280.
- The Alameda de las Pulgas crosses the south corner by Woodside High and runs on toward Atherton and Menlo Park.
- Bikes: city bike maps show the signed Peninsula Bikeway route on East Oakwood Boulevard and Cypress Street in Redwood Oaks.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Horgan Ranch & Redwood Oaks: what we check
Buying here
- Confirm the jurisdiction first. South of Nimitz Avenue, homes are unincorporated county even with a Redwood City address, so zoning (mostly R-1/S-74), permits, ADU and SB 9 rules come from San Mateo County Planning and Building, not the city.
- Ask which agencies provide sewer, water, fire and garbage service for the exact parcel. The two county-pocket listing records we read show public sewer, but confirm the provider before you plan an addition or a second unit.
- Check for easements. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's pipelines run beneath Fleishman and Linden parks; read the title report for any lot near that corridor.
- Atherwood Eichlers were built with radiant heating in the slab; have the system, the roof and any past remodels evaluated by someone who knows the type.
- FEMA's 2019 map shows these blocks as Zone X (minimal flood hazard), and the 2025 state fire-hazard map copy hosted by the city shows no hazard zone here. Woodside Road and El Camino Real are busy state routes, so visit homes on or near them at rush hour.
Selling here
- State the jurisdiction (city or unincorporated county) and the parcel's zoning plainly in the listing and disclosures; buyers will ask.
- Pull permit history from the right office: county records for the Horgan Ranch blocks, city records for Redwood Oaks.
- For Atherwood Eichlers, document the radiant heating, roof and any updates, and note the 1950 Anshen & Allen design.
- Give straight-line distances to Woodside High, the Woodside Road shops and the Caltrain stations.
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faq
Horgan Ranch & Redwood Oaks questions, answered
Is Horgan Ranch in Redwood City?
Not legally. The Horgan Ranch blocks south of Nimitz Avenue are unincorporated San Mateo County with Redwood City mailing addresses. Redwood Oaks, to the north, is inside the city.
Where does the name Horgan Ranch come from?
We could not find a documented source. It is the name listing records use for the county pocket; Horgan Avenue, nearby, is a city street in Redwood Oaks.
Are there Eichler homes here?
Yes. The Atherwood tract on Atherwood Avenue was released by Eichler in November 1950, with designs by Anshen & Allen and radiant heating.
Which high school is in the neighborhood?
Woodside High School, run by the Sequoia Union High School District, sits inside the county pocket at 199 Churchill Avenue. Check high school assignment for the exact address with the district.
Who issues building permits?
The City of Redwood City for Redwood Oaks, and San Mateo County Planning and Building for the unincorporated Horgan Ranch blocks.
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