Santa Cruz is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is a popular tourist destination, owing to its beaches, surf culture, and historic landmarks. Santa Cruz was founded by the Spanish in 1791, when Fermín de Lasuén established Mission Santa Cruz. Soon after, a settlement grew up near the mission called Branciforte, which came to be known across Alta California for its lawlessness. With the Mexican secularization of the Californian missions in 1833, the former mission was divided and granted as rancho grants. Following the American Conquest of California and the admission of California as a U. S. state in 1850, Santa Cruz was incorporated as a town in 1866, and became a charter city in 1876.

Country: United States
State: California
County: Santa Cruz
Mission: September 25, 1791
Incorporated: March 31, 1866
Chartered: April 1876
• Type: Council/Manager
• Mayor: Sonja Brunner
• Water: 19.51%
• City: 62,956
• Estimate (2022): 64,075
• Urban: 163,703
• Metro: 262,382
Time zone: Pacific (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST): PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes: 95060–95067
Area code: 831
FIPS code: 06-69112
GNIS feature IDs: 1659596, 2411820
Website: cityofsantacruz.com
Official Website: https://cityofsantacruz.com
Wikidata description: city in and county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, United States
Wikidata id: Q159232
Wikidata label: Santa Cruz
Wikidata aliases: Array
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