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California Counties
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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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Monterey County, California
Monterey County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Salinas
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 3,322 |
Court House: 168 West Alisal Street
3rd Floor
Salinas, CA 93901-2695
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
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.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Monterey County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of
statehood. Parts of the county were given to San Benito County in 1874.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,771 square miles (9,767 kmē),
of which, 3,322 square miles (8,604 kmē) of it is land and 449 square miles (1,163 kmē) of it (11.91%)
is water. The county is roughly 1.5 times larger than the state of Delaware
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
Cities and Towns:
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- Carmel-by-the-Sea |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Del Rey Oaks |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gonzales |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Greenfield |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- King City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Marina |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Monterey |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pacific Grove |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Salinas
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sand City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Seaside |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Soledad |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Monterery
County
http://www.mchsmuseum.com/historypages.html
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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,
act locally." |
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