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Santa Cruz County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.

County Seat: Santa Cruz
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 446

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.
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