San Benito County
POPULATION: 55,815
INCORPORATION DATE: 1874
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
- District 1 – Margie Barrios
- District 2 – Anthony Botelho
- District 3 – Robert Rivas
- District 4 – Jerry Muenzer
- District 5 – Jaime De La Cruz
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law
SAN BENITO. County seat, Hollister. Created February 12, 1874. Named after San Benito Valley. Crespi, in his expedition in 1772, named a small river in honor of San Benidicto (Saint Benedict), the patron saint of the married, and it is from the contraction of this name that the county took its name.
