POPULATION: 1,961,969

INCORPORATION DATE: 1850

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Sylvia Arenas
• District 2 – Cindy Chavez
• District 3 – Otto Lee
• District 4 – Susan Ellenberg
• District 5 – Joe Simitian

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Charter

SANTA CLARA. County seat, San Jose. Created February 18, 1850. The county is named after Mission Santa Clara, which was established in 1777, and named for Saint Clara of Assisi, Italy. The name Clara means “clear” or “bright.”