Santa Cruz
Details
- Names
Santa Cruz
Branciforte
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on N shore of Monterey Bay; developed as lumber & fishing center after coming under US control in 1846; expanded with industrial development in 1950s; close to beaches & redwood forests.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
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