Santa Ana is the largest city and the county seat of Orange County, California. It lies approximately 10 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, on the largely seasonal Santa Ana River. The name Santa Ana is derived from the Spanish-language name of Saint Anne,the mother of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus.Santa Ana began to boom after the Southern Pacific Railroad built a line to the area in 1877.Nine years later, Santa Ana became a city. It experienced another boom