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Cupertino was incorporated as a city only in 1955, long, long after the community had sprung up and had its own, distinct identity.  

As a village, Cupertino began at the intersection of Stevens Creek Road and Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road (now DeAnza Blvd) and was originally known simply as ˜West Side. Since that name was so generic and would be confused with other places bearing similar names, the post office opted to give it a more distinguishable name in 1898. Because there was a nearby Cupertino winery and Cupertino Creek (full name was Arroyo San Giuseppe da Cupertino - named after St. Joseph of Cupertino - by the explorer De Anzas cartologist and diarist, a Spanish padre by the name of Fr. Font), that name was applied to the post office and nearby stores. (Cupertino Creek is now known as Stevens Creek, by the way.)