Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara, California is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. As of 2020, 88,665 people lived there.^[1] It is the second largest city in the county, just after Santa Maria, California.

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Mission Santa Barbara, known as "the Queen of the Missions", was founded by the Spanish in 1786.
Presidio of Santa Barbara.
Don José de la Guerra y Noriega served as Commandant of the Presidio of Santa Barbara and founded the Guerra family of California, a prominent Californio family which produced numerous Mayors of Santa Barbara, California Senators, and more.
Mural Room (formerly Board of Supervisors' Hearing Room) within the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. Wall murals depict the history of Santa Barbara. The room is used occasionally as a courtroom.
State Street in the 1880s looking north from Canon Perdido Street
Map of Santa Barbara Oil and Gas Fields
The new Santa Barbara County Courthouse was dedicated on August 14, 1929.
Aerial view of Santa Barbara Harbor and Stearns Wharf
Looking north from a Santa Barbara street toward "the Riviera" and the Santa Ynez Mountains beyond
Eastward view of the coastal bluffs of the Douglas Family Preserve park from Arroyo Burro Beach