County of Santa Barbara

The county of Santa Barbara is a county located on the peaceful coast of the California of the south, in the State of California, just in the west of the Comté of Ventura. With the census of 2000 the county had a population of: 399347 inhabitants. The population in January 2006 was, according to the estimates, of: 421625 people according to the California Department off Finance . Its chief town is Santa Barbara.

History

The territory of the county was inhabited during millenia by the tribe Amerindian of the Chumash. It is the Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino which named the area Santa Barbara when he discovered his coast in 1602 because he entered the area the December 4th, the feastday of Santa Barbara. The area however already had been visited by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo in 1542.

The Mission Santa Barbara was founded the December 4th 1786 in what is today Santa Barbara, which gave its name to the county. This one is one of the original counties of the state created in 1850. Parts of its territory were given to the Comté of Ventura in 1872.

There exists a great difference between the parts north and south of the county, in particular on the levels economic and political. In 1978 several inhabitants of the northern area launched an action which would have made it possible to create a Los Padres County starting from their area, but this effort did not have a result. More recently, another proposal for a secession was heard, which would create a Mission County ; and the county created a commission which has as a responsibility of check the viability of this request.

Municipalities and localities

  • Ballard
  • Buellton
  • Carpinteria
  • Casmalia
  • Cuyama
  • Goleta
  • Guadalupe
  • Hope Ranch
  • Isla Vista
  • Lompoc
  • Los Alamos
  • Los Olivos
  • Mission Canyon
  • Mission Hills
  • Montecito
  • New Cuyama
  • Orcutt
  • Santa Barbara
  • Santa Maria
  • Santa Ynez
  • Solvang
  • Summerland
  • Toro Canyon
  • Vandenberg Air Force Bases
  • Vandenberg Village

External bonds

  • Official site of the county

  • Information on Quickfacts
  • Official site of the chief town of the county

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