Searsville (c.1854–1891) was a San Mateo County, California town located in what is now the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve on Corte Madera Creek and adjacent to Woodside. At the northwest corner of Sandhill Road and Portola Road is a plaque, and this location has been a California Historical Landmark since 1950.
Image of Eikerenkotters store and hotel, the center of Searsville activity
Corte Madera Creek (San Mateo County)
Corte Madera Creek is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km) creek that flows north-northwest to Searsville Dam and then joins with Bear Creek to form San Francisquito Creek in California.
Looking south across Searsville Reservoir from the dam on Corte Madera Creek
Shot looking southeast from Jasper Ridge's Sun Field Station up the Corte Madera Creek watershed with Russian Ridge on the right and Montebello Ridge on the left.
Corte Madera Creek just below Searsville Dam July 2011
Mouth of Corte Madera Creek (left) at its confluence with Bear Creek (right) forming the San Francisquito Creek mainstem below Searsville Dam