Because people would have gotten all confused if they'd put it in Santa Barbara.
Anyway, the question has it exactly backwards. The Spanish missionaries were setting up a chain of missions a day's travel apart (along, or at least close to, what is today the route of El Camino Real). They didn't put the Santa Clara mission in Santa Clara... they put the Santa Clara mission near an existing native American settlement, and the city grew up around it and took its name from the mission.
Because that's where the spanish attacked, when it was a fort
so it could be the first mission to be named after a woman
no
yes its is
Yes, Santa Clara is the 8th mission
Mission Santa Clara
What is the purpose of Mission Santa Clara De Asis
Mission Santa Clara was indeed the eighth Californian mission founded
yes people did live in santa clara ohlone people lived in the santa clara mission
Mission Santa Clara is the eighth mission in the mission chain
Santa Clara mission was closest to mission Santa Cruz
Santa Clara was made out of bricks
mission santa clara is famous for having the best wheat crops
Yes Mission Santa Clara is in Santa Clara Yes Mission santa clara is in santa clara the mission was going to be built near the river
The largest population of Mission Santa Clara was about 1,510 people. This was a Spanish mission that was originally founded in 1777.