The community of Santa Claus was established in 1849. The story of how it received the name of Santa Claus has roots both in fact and legend. In January 1856, the town applied for a post office to be installed. They submitted their application under the name of Santa Fe. The application was returned to them with the message, "Choose some name other than Santa Fe." The process of settling upon the name of Santa Claus has been lost to legend. There are many different versions of the story and there were other choices as well that the town did not settle upon. What is known is that in 1856, the name of Santa Claus was accepted by the Post Office Department.
the community of santa claus was established in 1849 the story of how it received the name of santa claus has roots both in fact and legend in january 1856 the town applied for a post office to be installed they submitted their application under the name of santa fe the application was returned to them with the message "choose some name other than santa fe" the process of settling upon the name of santa claus has been lost to legend there are many different versions of the story and there were other choices as well that the town did not settle upon what is known is that in 1856 the name of santa claus was accepted by the post office department