Approximately ten thousand years ago there was a lake in the lowest elevation of Scotts Valley, and Paleo Indianslived near its shores. Archeological excavations of site CA-SCR-177 in 1983 and 1987 support dates for human

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Tourism
From its early years as a stop on the stage route across the mountains, the Scotts Valley area has provided

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2010
The 2010 United States Census reported that Scotts Valley had a population of 11,580. The population densitywas 2,520.4 people per square mile

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In the state legislature, Scotts Valley is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat John Laird, and in the 29th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Mark Stone.
Federally, Scotts Valley is in California's 18th congressional district,

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From 1950 to 2011, Scotts Valley was home to Bethany University, a four-year private Christian university. The campus was leased to Olivet Universityfor the 2011–2012 school year, but Olivet was unable to complete a purchase and moved back to San Francisco in

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The Barn
In the fall of 1965, Eric Nord, proprietor of coffee houses including the Hungry I in San Francisco, and the Sticky Wicket in Aptos, also opened The Barn (1965—1968), an art gallery and coffee house, with a large area for concerts, on the site of

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Scotts Valley is in the west hills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, centered at 37°3′5″N 122°0′48″W / 37.05139°N 122.01333°W (37.051381,

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