Scotts Valley, California

Scotts Valley is a small city in Santa Cruz County, California, in the United States, about thirty miles south of downtown San Jose and six miles north of the city of Santa Cruz, on the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The 2020 census counted 12,224 residents. State Route 17, which connects San Jose and Santa Cruz, provides the main access to the city. Archaeological work supports human settlement of the valley many thousands of years ago, and Ohlone people later used the creeks and springs of the area. The valley takes its name from Hiram Daniel Scott, who bought Rancho San Agustin, including the valley, in 1850, and who built the Greek revival Scott House in 1853, now a county landmark behind City Hall. Before him, the Russian-born fur trader Jose Antonio Bolcoff was the first European to claim title there. The city was incorporated in 1966.