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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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Siskiyou County, California
Siskiyou County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Yreka
Year Organized: 1852
Square Miles: 6,287 |
Court House: P.O. Box 338
County Courthouse
Yreka, CA 96097-0338
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The origin of the word siskiyou is not known. One version is
that it is the Chinook Indian word for "bob-tailed horse." Another version,
given in an argument before the state Senate in 1852, is that the French name
Six Callieux, meaning "six-stone," was given to a ford on the Umpqua River by
Michel La Frambeau and a party of Hudson Bay company trappers in 1832, because
six large stones or rocks lay in the river where they crossed. Still others
attribute the name to a local tribe of Indians.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Yreka is the Siskiyou County seat which was created March 22, 1852, and named after the mountain range. The origin of
the word Siskiyou is not known. One version is that it is the Chinook Indian word for "bob-tailed horse." Another
version, given in an argument before the state Senate in 1852, is that the French name Six Cailloux, meaning
"six-stone," was given to a ford on the Umpqua River by Michel La Frambeau and a party of Hudson's Bay company trappers
in 1832, because six large stones or rocks lay in the river where they crossed. Still others attribute the name to a
local tribe of Indians.
Geography
Siskiyou County is located in inland northern California, adjacent to the Oregon border. Greater than 60% of the land
within the County is currently managed by agencies of the Federal and State governments. These include: The U.S.D.A.
Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and California Department of Fish and Game.
These lands are maintained in various National Forests; Parks; Wilderness Areas; National Grasslands; National Wildlife
Refuges; and State Wildlife Areas.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Jackson County, Ore.
- Northeast: Klamath County, Ore.
- East: Modoc County
- Southeast: Shasta County
- Southwest: Trinity County; Humboldt County
- West: Del Norte County
- Northwest: Josephine County, Ore.
Cities and Towns:
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- Dorris |
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- Dunsmuir |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Etna |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fort Jones |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Montague |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mount Shasta |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Tulelake |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Weed |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Yreka
(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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