![]() ![]() ![]() The 48,612-acre (196.73 km 2) Rancho San Francisco land grant was issued by Juan Bautista Alvarado, governor of Alta California, to Mexican army officer Antonio del Valle. In 1822, Alta California, which included most of the present-day southwestern United States including all of California, became a territory of the newly independent country of Mexico. The Mission San Fernando was founded in 1797 in present-day Mission Hills, just 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south of downtown Newhall. In the 18th century, Spanish colonists arrived in southern California including Santa Clarita, founding mission settlements. The Tataviam lived in approximately 20 villages in the valley and surrounding areas including Piru, Agua Dulce, Elizabeth Lake, and Tochonanga. About AD 450, the Tataviam arrived, displacing the Chumash people who previously inhabited the area. The oldest archaeological site in the area dates back to roughly 3000 BC. The Santa Clarita Valley has been settled for millennia before European arrival. The Santa Clarita welcome sign (on Newhall Avenue in Newhall near the 14 freeway) in May 2010. The region was not widely referred to as Santa Clarita until the 1950s before this, it was unofficially referred to as the "Newhall–Saugus area" and the "Bonelli tract," after a family which owned land in the valley. The Santa Clarita Valley similarly differentiates itself from the Santa Clara Valley in Northern California. The valley and the settlement later became known as "little Santa Clara" ("Santa Clarita" in the Spanish diminutive) to distinguish it from the Northern Californian city of Santa Clara and its accompanying Mission Santa Clara. The Santa Clara River was named by Spanish explorers for Saint Clare of Assisi. Six Flags Magic Mountain, though commonly thought to be in the Valencia part of Santa Clarita, is also west of Interstate 5 and outside of the Santa Clarita city limits. The unincorporated communities of Castaic and Stevenson Ranch, located to the north and west of the Santa Clarita city limits, respectively, are closely associated with the city. Companies headquartered in or near the city include Princess Cruises, Sunkist, Remo, and the Newhall Land and Farming Company. Santa Clarita is home to three institutions of higher education: California Institute of the Arts, an internationally renowned art university The Master's University, a Christian liberal arts university and College of the Canyons, a community college. The two freeways meet at Newhall Pass, near the city's southernmost point. The Antelope Valley Freeway (CA-14) runs northeast–southwest forming part of the city's irregular east boundary. Santa Clarita is bounded on the west by the Golden State Freeway (I-5). The four communities retain separate identities, and residents commonly refer to one of them when asked where they are from. In December 1987, the city of Santa Clarita was incorporated, encompassing the communities of Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, and Valencia. The Newhall Land and Farming Company played a major role in the city's development. ![]() Henry Mayo Newhall purchased the Rancho San Francisco in 1875 and established the towns of Saugus and Newhall. After Spanish colonists arrived in Alta California, the Rancho San Francisco was established, covering much of the Santa Clarita Valley. Human settlement of the Santa Clarita Valley dates back to the arrival of the Chumash people, who were displaced by the Tataviam circa 450 AD. It is located about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, and occupies 70.75 square miles (183.2 km 2) of land in the Santa Clarita Valley, along the Santa Clara River. With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-largest city by population in Los Angeles County, the 17th-largest in California, and the 99th-largest city in the United States. Clare") is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County in the U.S. Santa Clarita ( / ˌ s æ n t ə k l ə ˈ r iː t ə/ Spanish for "Little St. ![]()
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