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About Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz is a county in southern Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,669. The county seat is Nogales. The county was established in 1899. It borders Pima County to the north and west, Cochise County to the east, and the Mexican state of Sonora to the south.
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At a glance
Santa Cruz County at a glance
- County seat
- Nogales
- Population
- 47,669 (2020)
- Land area
- 1,238 sq mi
- Founded
- 1899
Communities
Largest communities in Santa Cruz County
- Rio Rico20,549
- Nogales county seat19,770
- Tubac1,581
- Patagonia804
- Sonoita803
History of Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County, formed on March 15, 1899, out of what was then Pima County, is named after the Santa Cruz River. The river originates in the Canelo Hills in the eastern portion of the county, crosses south into Mexico near the community of Santa Cruz, Sonora, and then bends northwards returning into the United States (and Santa Cruz County) east of Nogales. Father Eusebio Kino, an Italian explorer and missionary in the service of the Spanish Empire, named the Santa Cruz River–"holy cross" in Spanish–in the 1690s. In addition, Kino founded several missions to evangelize the different O'odham peoples living along the banks of the Santa Cruz River, including Missions San Cayetano del Tumacácori (1691) and San Gabriel de Guevavi (1691), as well as Los Reyes de Sonoita (1692) near Sonoita Creek.
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