Santa Clara County, California, USA

Santa Clara County lies in California, linking established communities with the surrounding rural and suburban landscape. San Jose is the county seat, and the Santa Clara Valley extends between the Santa Cruz Mountains and Diablo Range. Much of its historic form emerged as Indigenous communities, Spanish and Mexican settlement, railroads and twentieth-century growth all left their mark, with later suburban and commercial growth adding new layers. Technology, trade, education, manufacturing, agriculture and tourism shape contemporary life. The surrounding landscape remains part of Santa Clara County’s everyday identity.