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California Counties
The 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. |
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Inyo County, California
Inyo County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Independence
Year Organized: 1866
Square Miles: 10,192 |
Court House: PO Drawer R
Independence, CA 93526
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
This county derived its name from the Indian name for the
mountains in its area. The meaning of the word inyo is "dwelling place of the
great spirit."
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Inyo County was formed in 1866 from parts of Mono and Tulare Counties.
The county derived its name from the Native American name for the mountains in its area. The meaning of
the word inyo is "dwelling place of the great spirit."
Find more at
Pioneers: Inyo County - History
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 10,227 square miles (26,488 kmē),
of which 10,203 sq mi (26,426 kmē) is land and 24 sq mi (62 kmē) is water. Relatively, it is a very
large county. It is the second largest in California and the tenth largest in the nation (excluding
boroughs and census areas in Alaska).
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Esmeralda County, Nev.
- Northeast: Nye County, Nev.
- East: Clark County, Nev.
- Southeast: San Bernardino County
- Southwest: Kern County; Tulare County
- West: Fresno County
- Northwest: Mono County
Cities and Towns:
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- Independence
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County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our 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,
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