Information the towns of Santa Cruz County organized the regions
in which the towns are located.
Coastal Towns
Aptos
POPULATION: Greater than 25,000
SIZE: About 6.4 square miles
ELEVATION: About 110 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal and Santa Cruz Mountain Regions
Capitola
POPULATION: Greater than 9,900
SIZE: About 1.7 square miles
ELEVATION: About 10 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Region of Santa Cruz County
Davenport
POPULATION: Greater than 400
SIZE: About 2.8 square miles
ELEVATION: About 260 feet above sea level
REGION: North Coast Region of Santa Cruz County
La Selva Beach
POPULATION: Greater than 2,800
SIZE: About 5.3 square miles
ELEVATION: About 150 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Sub-Community of Aptos
Opal Cliffs
POPULATION: No longer tracked (former census designated place)
SIZE: about 2 square miles
ELEVATION: About 10 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Region of Santa Cruz County
Pajaro Dunes
POPULATION: Greater than 140
SIZE: About 2.6 square miles
ELEVATION: About 10 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Pajaro Valley Region
Pleasure Point
POPULATION: Greater than 5,800
SIZE: About 2 square miles
ELEVATION: About 30 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Region of Santa Cruz County
Rio del Mar
POPULATION: Greater than 9,200
SIZE: About 4.6 square miles
ELEVATION: About 140 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Sub-Community of Aptos
Santa Cruz
POPULATION: Greater than 62,800
SIZE: About 16 square miles
ELEVATION: About 30 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Region of Santa Cruz County
Seacliff
POPULATION: Unknown
SIZE: Unknown
ELEVATION: About 10 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Sub-Community of Aptos
Twin Lakes
POPULATION: Greater than 4,900
SIZE: About 1.2 square miles
ELEVATION: About 50 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Region of Santa Cruz County
Mountain and San Lorenzo Valley Towns
Ben Lomond
POPULATION: Greater than 6,200
SIZE: About 8.4 square miles
ELEVATION: About 330 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Bonny Doon
POPULATION: Greater than 2,600
SIZE: About 17 square miles
ELEVATION: About 1,470 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Boulder Creek
POPULATION: Greater than 4,900
SIZE: About 7.5 square miles
ELEVATION: About 480 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Brookdale
POPULATION: Greater than 1,900
SIZE: About 3.8 square miles
ELEVATION: About 400 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Paradise Park
POPULATION: Greater than 380
SIZE: About 0.3 square miles
ELEVATION: About 90 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Felton
POPULATION: Greater than 4,000
SIZE: About 4.6 square miles
ELEVATION: About 280 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Lompico
POPULATION: Greater than 1,100
SIZE: About 3.4 square miles
ELEVATION: About 970 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Mount Hermon
POPULATION: Greater than 1,030
SIZE: Nearly 1 square mile
ELEVATION: About 580 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Pasatiempo
POPULATION: Greater than 1,040
SIZE: Nearly 1 square mile
ELEVATION: About 390 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Scotts Valley
POPULATION: Greater than 11,500
SIZE: About 4.6 square miles
ELEVATION: About 560 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Zayante
POPULATION: Greater than 700
SIZE: About 2.7 square miles
ELEVATION: About 700 feet above sea level
REGION: Mountain Region of Santa Cruz County
Pajaro Valley Towns
Amesti
POPULATION: Greater than 3,400
SIZE: About 3 square miles
ELEVATION: About 150 feet above sea level
REGION: Pajaro Valley Region of Santa Cruz County
Corralitos
POPULATION: Greater than 2,300
SIZE: About 9 square miles
ELEVATION: About 270 feet above sea level
REGION: Pajaro Valley Region of Santa Cruz County
Freedom
POPULATION: Greater than 3,000
SIZE: About 1.1 square miles
ELEVATION: About 120 feet above sea level
REGION: Pajaro Valley Region of Santa Cruz County
Interlaken
POPULATION: Greater than 7,300
SIZE: About 10.2 square miles
ELEVATION: About 130 feet above sea level
REGION: Pajaro Valley Region of Santa Cruz County
Pajaro Dunes
POPULATION: Greater than 140
SIZE: About 2.6 square miles
ELEVATION: About 10 feet above sea level
REGION: Coastal Pajaro Valley Region of Santa Cruz County
Watsonville
POPULATION: Greater than 51,000
SIZE: About 6.8 square miles
ELEVATION: About 30 feet above sea level
REGION: Pajaro Valley Region
Other
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
POPULATION: Greater than 2,300
SIZE: About 9.3 square miles
ELEVATION: Unknown
REGION: Sub-Community of Aptos
Day Valley
POPULATION: Greater than 3,400
SIZE: About 19 square miles
ELEVATION: About 1,310 feet above sea level
REGION: Sub-Community of Aptos
Live Oak
POPULATION: Greater than 17,000
SIZE: About 3.2 square miles
ELEVATION: About 100 feet above sea level
REGION: Near the Coastal Region
Soquel
POPULATION: Greater than 9,600
SIZE: About 4.6 square miles
ELEVATION: About 30 feet above sea level
REGION: Near the Coastal Region of Santa Cruz County
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