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California Counties
 Click Image to Enlarge California CountiesThe U.S. state of California is divided into fifty-eight counties. On January 4, 1850, the California constitutional committee recommended the formation of 18 counties. They were Benicia, Butte, Fremont, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Monterey, Mount Diablo, Oro, Redding, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, and Sutter. On April 22, the Counties of Branciforte, Calaveras, Coloma, Colusi, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Trinity, and Yuba were added. Benicia was renamed Solano, Coloma to El Dorado, Fremont to Yola, Mt. Diablo to Contra Costa, San Jose to Santa Clara, Oro to Tuolumne, and Redding to Shasta. One of the first state legislative acts regarding Counties was to rename Branciforte County to Santa Cruz, Colusi to Colusa, and Yola to Yolo.The last California county to have been established is Imperial County in 1907. |
Glenn County, CaliforniaGlenn County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameThe county was created out of the northern portion of Colusa County and was named for Dr. Hugh J. Glenn, who was the largest wheat farmer in the state during his lifetime and a man of great prominence in political and commercial life in California. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryGlenn County was incorporated on March 5, 1891 from parts of Colusa County. The County seat, Willows, was created
March 11, 1891. Glenn County was developed out of the northern portion of Colusa County and was named for Dr. Hugh J.
Glenn, who was the largest wheat farmer in the state during his lifetime, and a man of great prominence in political and
commercial life in California. Glenn County has a population of 26,950. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,327 square miles (3,437 kmē),
of which, 1,315 square miles (3,405 kmē) of it is land and 12 square miles (32 kmē) of it (0.93%) is
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |
