Santa Cruz is a coastal city on the northern edge of Monterey Bay in California, and it is both the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County. It grew up around Mission Santa Cruz, which the Spanish established in 1791, and a neighbouring settlement called Branciforte. The city was incorporated as a town in 1866 and became a charter city in 1876. The arrival of the South Pacific Coast Railroad in 1880 and the opening of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in 1904 made it a seaside resort, and the University of California, Santa Cruz, founded in 1965, made it a college town. Its beaches, surf culture and historic landmarks draw many visitors.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
Origin Of
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Source Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles: Mear OneBiography, opening lineQuote, Biography, opening line
Kalen Ockerman, b. 1971, Santa Cruz, CA
Site Of
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Source University of California, Santa Cruz (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California, United States.
Found There
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based on fossil material from Santa Cruz California
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Source Valenictus (Wikipedia)Discovery and namingQuote, Discovery and naming
Valenictus sheperdi was discovered in 2024 from the Purisima Formation in Santa Cruz, California.
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1. Santa Cruz, California (Wikipedia)
Lead paragraph [population]
As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956.
Geography
the city covers an area of 15.8 square miles (41 km2)
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Santa Cruz was founded by the Spanish in 1791, when Fermín de Lasuén established Mission Santa Cruz.
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Part Of: United States, Lead paragraph
is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
On Continent: North America, Lead paragraph
is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 36.75, -122.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 36.75, -122.25
36.75 -122.25 Csb
3. GeoNames: Santa Cruz - GeoNames
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36.97412 -122.0308 P PPLA2 US CA 087 64220 11 8 America/Los_Angeles
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