SANTA BARBARA COUNTY is the 16th largest California
county with a recent population of approximately a half million residents. It is
the 21st largest county for land mass with 2,745
square miles. Santa Barbara was created in 1850. The
Santa Barbara Channel received its name from
Sebastian Vizcaino who sailed over the channel
waters in 1602. In 1782, Padre Junipero Serra
dedicated a site near the channel for a presidio and
on December 4, 1786, he founded the nearby Mission
Santa Barbara. The county derives its name from the
mission.
Santa Barbara
County is home to three of the most beautifully
maintained missions in Californiaa's chain of 21.
Mission La Purisima Concepcion (La Purisima),
Mission Santa Barbara and Solvang Mission are
beautifully restored with each maintaining
individual character. All are open to the public
with a small admission fee charged for viewing.
Highway 101 or
El Camino Real (The King's Road) is the main highway
traveling north to south through Santa Barbara
County. It is marked in some locations with the
green mission bell. One of California's most
beautiful coastal counties is located between Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
Attractions
and features of Santa Barbara County include:
missions, University of California Santa Barbara,
shopping, artists street fair weekly, skate park,
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum of History,
wineries, the Danish village of Solvang, two
stagecoach museum and signs marking an 1800's
stagecoach route, Oso Flaco sand dunes,
Anderson's Split Pea Soup and Ostrich Farm in
Buellton and Santa Maria, location of the courthouse
holding the 2004 Michael Jackson trial.
Santa Barbara County website: www.countyofsb.org/
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
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Incorporated Cities |
Population |
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BUELLTON
|
4,460 |
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CARPINTERIA
|
14,350 |
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GOLETA
|
30,850 |
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GUADALUPE
|
6,300 |
|
LOMPOC
|
42,250 |
| SANTA
BARBARA
|
90,500 |
| SANTA
MARIA
|
85,300 |
|
SOLVANG
|
5,425 |
|
BALANCE OF COUNTY
|
135,300 |
|
INCORPORATED
|
279,500 |
|
COUNTY TOTAL
|
414,800 |
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.Santa
Barbara County
Population: 414,800
Elevation. 33' Visitors: 800-549-5133
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