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California Counties
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California Counties
The U.S. state of California is divided into fifty-eight counties.
On January 4, 1850, the California constitutional committee recommended the formation of 18 counties. They were
Benicia, Butte, Fremont, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Monterey, Mount Diablo, Oro, Redding, Sacramento, San Diego, San
Francisco, San Joaquin, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, and Sutter. On April 22, the counties
of Branciforte, Calaveras, Coloma, Colusi, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Trinity, and Yuba were added. Benicia was
renamed Solano, Coloma to El Dorado, Fremont to Yola, Mt. Diablo to Contra Costa, San Jose to Santa Clara, Oro
to Tuolumne, and Redding to Shasta. One of the first state legislative acts regarding counties was to rename
Branciforte County to Santa Cruz, Colusi to Colusa, and Yola to Yolo.
The last California county to have been established is Imperial County in 1907. |
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Santa Barbara County, California
Santa Barbara County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Santa Barbara
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 2,738
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Court House: 105 E Anapamu Street
County Courthouse
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-6054
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The Santa Barbara Channel received its name from Sebastian
Vizcaino when he sailed over the channel waters in 1602. In 1782, Padre Junipero
Serra dedicated a site near the channel for a presidio and on Dec. 4, 1786, he
founded the nearby Mission Santa Barbara (Saint Barbara). The county derives its
name from the mission.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U.S.
state of California, just west of Ventura County. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city
is Santa Maria.
In 1848 Mexico signed a treaty ceding California to the United States. The territory became a state in 1850 when the
population exploded to nearly 100,000 with the discovery of gold. While California was still a territory, county
boundaries were formed. The present county of Ventura was originally included within Santa Barbara County until 1873
when the Legislature separated the area into the present Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Santa Barbara County
http://www.cagenweb.com/santabarbara/sbarhist.htm
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,789 square miles (9,814 kmē),
of which, 2,737 square miles (7,089 kmē) of it is land and 1,052 square miles (2,725 kmē) of it (27.77%)
is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Kern County
- East: Ventura County
- Southwest: North Pacific Ocean
- Northwest: San Luis Obispo County
Cities and Towns:
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- Buellton |
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- Carpinteria |
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- Goleta |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Guadalupe |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lompoc |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Santa Barbara
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city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Santa Maria |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Solvang |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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