City of Scotts Valley Back view of the Scotts Valley Civic Center and City Hall Back view of the Scotts Valley Civic Center and City Hall Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of California Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of California City of Scotts Valley is positioned in the US City of Scotts Valley - City of Scotts Valley Website City of Scotts Valley Scotts Valley is a small town/city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about thirty miles (48 km) south of downtown San Jose and six miles (10 km) north of the town/city of Santa Cruz, in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Principal access to the town/city is supplied by State Route 17 that joins San Jose and Santa Cruz.
Approximately ten thousand years ago there was a lake in the lowest altitude of Scotts Valley, and Paleo Indians lived near its shores. The lake receded to form a peat bog.
The Scott House in Scotts Valley.
Scotts Valley was titled after Hiram Scott, who purchased Rancho San Agustin, including the valley, in 1850 from Joseph Ladd Majors.
Bolcoff was the initial settler and first European to claim title and live in what was to be Scotts Valley.
Hiram Scott assembled the Greek revival style Scott House in 1853.
The home originally stood on Scotts Valley Drive, near where a Bank of America branch is now located.
From the 1840s, cash-making activeness in Scotts Valley centered on a several industries: lumber, grain, the milling of grain, and most importantly the tanning of hides and working of leather. Beginning in the 1930s, peat moss was removed from Scotts Valley and taken to San Francisco to supply soil for difficult indoor plants such as gardenias. When the peat ran out, sand and gravel were quarried and sold. the owner considered launching a Knott's Berry Farm type of complex but was denied a permit by the town/city of Scotts Valley, and the park closed for good in 1979. Scotts Valley's most famous resident was film director Alfred Hitchcock, who lived in a mountaintop estate above the Vine Hill region from 1940 to 1972.
Florence Owens Thompson, made famous by Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother photograph, died in Scotts Valley in 1983.
From its early years as a stop on the stage route athwart the mountain peaks, the Scotts Valley region has provided services to travelers.
It was the most prominent of the many attractions, attracting millions of visitors to Scotts Valley for over twenty years, and it was the last of Scotts Valley's infamous parks to close its doors, in 1979.
Glenn Holland, who had already advanced a Santa's Village elsewhere the previous year, leased 25 acres (100,000 m2) at the former Lawridge Farm, which was a portion of the former Rancho San Augustin for the Scotts Valley locale of Santa's Village.
Scotts Valley is also near Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, and Roaring Camp Railroads.
A mostly large municipal skateboard park, where pro skateboarder Eric Costello died in October 2005 due to improper helmet use, is near Skypark, the site of a former airport, in central Scotts Valley.
Two hotels operate in Scotts Valley: a Best Western hotel is positioned near the Granite Creek entrance to Highway 17, and a Hilton hotel is positioned near the Mount Hermon junction with Highway 17.
E-mu Systems, Seagate Technology, Sessions, (a business that makes clothing for snow, skate and surf-boarding), and Borland Software Corporation were all formerly headquartered in Scotts Valley.
Netflix's first command posts were established in Scotts Valley by Reed Hastings, a Stanford graduate, in 1997.
According to Scotts Valley's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Scotts Valley had a populace of 11,580.
The ethnic makeup of Scotts Valley was 9,958 (86.0%) White, 101 (0.9%) African American, 57 (0.5%) Native American, 590 (5.1%) Asian, 18 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 292 (2.5%) from other competitions, and 564 (4.9%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 2,863 citizens (24.7%) under the age of 18, 969 citizens (8.4%) aged 18 to 24, 2,513 citizens (21.7%) aged 25 to 44, 3,660 citizens (31.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,575 citizens (13.6%) who were 65 years of age or older.
In the state legislature, Scotts Valley is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat Bill Monning, and in the 29th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Mark Stone.
Federally, Scotts Valley is in California's 18th congressional district, represented by Democrat Anna Eshoo. From 1950 to 2011, Scotts Valley was home to Bethany University, a four-year private Christian university.
The Scotts Valley Unified School District operates four enhance schools: Scotts Valley High School (grades 9 to 12), Scotts Valley Middle School (grades 6 to 8), and two elementary schools: Vine Hill School (grades Kindergarten to 5) and Brook Knoll School.
Monterey Coast Preparatory School, a private school offering a college preliminary curriculum for middle and high schoolers with learning differences, moved from its initial locale in Santa Cruz to Scotts Valley in 2014. Scotts Valley is known to be home of The Barn - The Barn, a coffee home with a large region for concerts.
Scotts Valley is in the west hills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, centered at 37 3 5 N 122 0 48 W (37.051381, -122.013236). State Route 17 joins Scotts Valley to Santa Cruz to the south and to Los Gatos, San Jose, and the South Bay region to the north.
Air in Scotts Valley is typically maritime in origin, as it moves over the territory from the Pacific Ocean.
Sound levels in Scotts Valley are typically in the range of 57 to 65 d - BA, except for somewhat higher levels inside 150 feet (46 m) from Highway 17.
Scotts Valley has mild weather throughout the year, appreciateing a Mediterranean climate (Koppen Csb) characterized by cool, wet winters and warm, mostly dry summers.
Climate data for Scotts Valley, California (1981 2010 normals) Drinking water is supplied to the City of Scotts Valley by the Scotts Valley Water District and the San Lorenzo Valley Water District.
Wastewater in Scotts Valley is treated at the Scotts Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant at Scotts Valley and Mount Hermon Roads.
Bus service from Scotts Valley to Santa Cruz, California; the San Lorenzo Valley; and San Jose, California; is provided by the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District.
A computer virus identified in Scotts Valley in September 1990 was titled after the city, although Scott's Valley (computer virus) is spelled with an apostrophe.
Scotts Valley is the home of IDE Incorporated, a product design and evolution company.
Scotts Valley is the home of Zero Motorcycles, a business which designs and produces electric motorcycles.
Scotts Valley is the home of Gardening Unlimited, a business which distributes hydroponics and organic gardening products to its 16 nationwide stores.
Scotts Valley is the home of Canepa Design, a business that sells and restores high-line European and American vehicles.
"A Glimpse at Scotts Valley's History".
Scotts Valley Historical Society.
Environmental Impact Report for the Scotts Valley Redevelopment Area, Earth Metrics Incorporated, State of California Clearinghouse Report 7888 (1990) Scotts Valley Historical Society.
Scotts Valley Historical Society.
"Santa's Village Scotts Valley".
Preliminary Report to the City of Scotts Valley Proposed Redevelopment for the Scotts Valley Redevelopment Project, Burns & Watry/Williams-Kuebelbeck, prepared for the town/city of Scotts Valley, February 1990.
City of Scotts Valley CAFR "2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Scotts Valley city".
"Olivet heads back to San Francisco; lease ends at Scotts Valley campus".
Official website of the Scotts Valley Unified School District Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scotts Valley, California.
City of Scotts Valley official site Information for Scotts Valley visitors from the Santa Cruz County Conference & Visitors Council
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