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Santa Cruz County was one of the original
counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.
In the original act, the county was given the name of "Branciforte" after the Spanish pueblo founded
there in 1797; a major watercourse in the county, Branciforte Creek, bears this name. Less than two months later,
the name was changed to "Santa Cruz" ("Holy Cross"). Mission Santa Cruz, established in 1791
and completed in 1794, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1857, but a smaller-scale replica was erected in 1931.
(www.en.wikipedia.org)
County Seat: Santa Cruz
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 446
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Cities & Towns:
Amesti
Aptos
Aptos Hills - Larkin Valley
Ben Lomond
Big Basin
Bonny Doon
Boulder Creek
Brookdale
Capitola
Corralitos
Davenport
Day Valley
Felton
Freedom
Interlaken
La Selva Beach
Las Lomas
Live Oak
Lompico
Mount Hermon
Mount Hermon
Opal Cliffs
Pajaro
Paradise Park
Rio del Mar
Royal Oaks
Santa Cruz
Scotts Valley
Sea Cliff
Soquel
Twin Lakes
Watsonville
Vital Records Resources
701 Ocean Street, Rm 500
County Courthouse
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4003
Phone: (831)454-2200
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Cemeteries
(locations)
Boulder Creek IOOF Cemetery
Calvary
Cemetery
Day
Valley Cemetery
Evergreen
Cemetery
Holy
Cross Cemetery
Home
Of Peace Cemetery
I.O.O.F
Cem
I.O.O.F.
Cemetery
Oak
Wood Cemetery
Pajaro
Valley Memorial Park
Pioneer
Cemetery
Saint
Francis Cemetery
Soquel
Cemetery
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Library Locations:
National
Archives - San Francisco
1000 Commodore Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066-2350
Aptos Branch Library
Boulder
Creek Branch Library
Branciforte
Branch Library
Capitola
Branch Library
Central
Branch Library
Felton
Branch Library
Freedom
Branch Library
Garfield
Park Branch Library
La
Selva Beach Branch Library
Live
Oak Branch Library
Scotts
Valley Branch Library
Watsonville
Public Library
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