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Monterey County, California
Monterey County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
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Named: It derived its name from the Bay of Monterey. The word itself
is composed of the Spanish words monte and rey, and literally means "king of the
forest." The bay was named by Sebastian Vizcaino in 1602, in honor of the Conde
de Monterey, the Viceroy of New Spain. State & County QuickFacts:
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Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: San Benito County; Fresno County
- East: Kings County
- Southeast: Kern County; San Luis Obispo County
- Southwest: North Pacific Ocean
- Northwest: Santa Cruz County
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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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Penn Foster High School
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