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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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San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: San Luis Obispo
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 3,304 |
Court House: 1050 Monteray
County Government Center
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408-2040
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
In 1772, the Mission San Luis Obispo was established here by
Padre Junipero Serra and named for
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
San Luis Obispo County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.
The prehistory of San Luis Obispo County is strongly influenced by the Chumash people who had
significant settlement here at least as early as the Millingstone Horizon thousands of years before
present. Important settlements existed, for example, in many coastal areas such as Morro Bay and Los
Osos.
The entrance lobby and belfry of the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. A statue of Fray Junípero Serra
stands outside the church.Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was founded on September 1, 1772 in the area
that is now the city of San Luis Obispo.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,616 square miles (9,364 km˛),
of which, 3,304 square miles (8,558 km˛) of it is land and 311 square miles (806 km˛) of it (8.61%) is
water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Kings County
- East: Kern County
- Southeast: Santa Barbara County
- West: North Pacific Ocean
- Northwest: Monterey County
Cities and Towns:
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- Arroyo Grande |
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Incorporated Area |
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- Atascadero |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grover Beach |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Morro Bay |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pismo Beach |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- San Luis Obispo
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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,
act locally." |
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