Santa Cruz County, California

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Santa Cruz County, California is a coastal county in Northern California known for its beaches, redwood forests, and the city of Santa Cruz, and was heavily impacted by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

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Santa Cruz County 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
borders Monterey County, California
San Mateo County, California
Santa Clara County
surface form: Santa Clara County, California
bordersBodyOfWater Monterey Bay region
surface form: Monterey Bay
contains Aptos, California, United States
surface form: Aptos, California

Bonny Doon, California
Boulder Creek, California
Capitola, California
Santa Cruz, California
surface form: City of Santa Cruz, California

Corralitos, California
Davenport, California
Felton, California
La Selva Beach, California
Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, California
Scotts Valley, California NERFINISHED
Soquel, California
Watsonville, California
containsProtectedArea Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Natural Bridges State Beach
New Brighton State Beach
Seacliff State Beach
Sunset State Beach
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Wilder Ranch State Park
country United States of America
FIPSCode 06087
GNISID 00277310
hasCountySeat Santa Cruz, California
hasLargestCity Santa Cruz, California
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.santacruzcounty.us/
joinedState California, United States
surface form: California
knownFor University of California, Santa Cruz
beaches
coastal redwood forests
surfing
liesOnFaultSystem San Andreas Fault
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Northern California
locatedOn Pacific Ocean
namedAfter Mission Santa Cruz
namedFor Holy Cross
partOf Monterey Bay region
surface form: Monterey Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area
timeZone Pacific Time Zone
wasEstablished 1850
wasHeavilyImpactedBy 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

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Monterey County, California adjacentTo Santa Cruz County, California
San Mateo County, California adjacentTo Santa Cruz County, California
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake affectedArea Santa Cruz County, California
Santa Clara County borderedByCounty Santa Cruz County, California
this entity surface form: Santa Cruz County
Big Basin Redwoods State Park county Santa Cruz County, California
Monterey Bay region hasCounty Santa Cruz County, California
Pacific Coast Highway passesThrough Santa Cruz County, California
this entity surface form: Santa Cruz County
U.S. Route 101 (nearby) passesThrough Santa Cruz County, California
subject surface form: U.S. Route 101