Santa Clarita, California
Santa Clarita, California | |
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Central Park Valencia Town Center La Loma de los Vientos Bridgeport Marketplace Lake | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Nickname: SCV | |
| Motto: Where the Good Life Takes You[1] | |
| Coordinates: 34°25′N 118°31′W / 34.42°N 118.52°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| Incorporated | December 15, 1987[2] |
| Named after | Santa Clara River |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–Manager |
| • Mayor | Bill Miranda[3] |
| • Mayor Pro-Tem | Laurene Weste |
| • City council[5] | Patsy Ayala Jason Gibbs Marsha McLean |
| • City manager | Ken Striplin[4] |
| Area | |
• City | 70.82 sq mi (183.41 km2) |
| • Land | 70.75 sq mi (183.25 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2) 0.09% |
| Elevation | 1,207 ft (368 m) |
| Population | |
• City | 228,673 |
| • Rank | 3rd in Los Angeles County 17th in California 103rd in the United States |
| • Density | 3,232/sq mi (1,250/km2) |
| • Urban | 278,031 (US: 146th)[7] |
| • Urban density | 3,571.6/sq mi (1,379.0/km2) |
| Demonym | Santa Claritan |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes[10] | 91321–91322, 91350–91351, 91354–91355, 91380, 91385–91387, 91390[a] |
| Area code | 661 |
| FIPS code | 06-69088 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1662338, 2411819 |
| Website | santaclarita |
Santa Clarita (/ˌsæntə kləˈriːtə/; Spanish for "Little St. Clare") is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-most populous city in Los Angeles County, the 17th-most populous in California, and the 103rd-most populous city in the United States.[11][9] It is located about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, and occupies 70.75 square miles (183.2 km2)[12] of land in the Santa Clarita Valley, along the Santa Clara River. It is a classic example of a U.S. edge city,[13] satellite city,[14] or boomburb.[15]
Human settlement of the Santa Clarita Valley dates back to the arrival of the Chumash people, who were displaced by the Tataviam c. 450 AD. After Spanish colonists arrived in Alta California, the Rancho San Francisco was established, covering much of the Santa Clarita Valley. Henry Mayo Newhall purchased the Rancho San Francisco in 1875 and established the towns of Saugus and Newhall. The Newhall Land and Farming Company played a major role in the city's development. In December 1987, the city of Santa Clarita was incorporated, encompassing the communities of Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, and Valencia.[16] The four communities retain separate identities, and residents commonly refer to one of them when asked where they are from. Santa Clarita is bounded on the west by the Golden State Freeway (I-5). The Antelope Valley Freeway (CA-14) runs northeast–southwest, forming part of the city's irregular eastern boundary. The two freeways meet at Newhall Pass, near the city's southernmost point.
Santa Clarita is home to three institutions of higher education: California Institute of the Arts, a private art university; The Master's University, a Christian liberal arts university; and College of the Canyons, a community college. Companies headquartered in or near the city include Princess Cruises, Sunkist, Remo, and the Newhall Land and Farming Company. The unincorporated communities of Castaic and Stevenson Ranch, located to the north and west of the Santa Clarita city limits, respectively, are closely associated with the city. Six Flags Magic Mountain, though commonly thought to be in the Valencia part of Santa Clarita, is also west of Interstate 5 and outside of the Santa Clarita city limits.
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- ^ "California Department of Finance Press Release" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2016.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ Clark, William A. V. (2003). "Monocentric to Policentric: New Urban Forms and Old Paradigms". In Bridge, Gary; Watson, Sophie (eds.). A Companion to the City. Blackwell Publishers. p. 148. doi:10.1002/9780470693414.ch13. ISBN 978-0-470-69341-4.
- ^ Vey, Jennifer S.; Forman, Benjamin (2006). "Demographic Change in Medium-Sized Cities". In Berube, A.; Katz, B.; Lang, R.E. (eds.). Redefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000, Volume 3. Brookings Institution Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8157-0885-8.
- ^ Lang, Robert E.; LeFurgy, Jennifer B. (2016). "The Ethnic Diversity of Boomburbs". In Kantor, Paul; Judd, Dennis R. (eds.). American Urban Politics in a Global Age. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-35035-4.
- ^ Boston, John; Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society (2009). Santa Clarita Valley. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7385-6938-3.
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