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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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Sutter County, California
Sutter County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Yuba City
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 603 |
Court House: 1160 Civic Center Blvd, Ste A
County Courthouse
Yuba City, CA 95993-3007
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Sutter County was named after General John Augustus Sutter, a
native of Switzerland, who obtained a large land grant from the Mexican
government and called his first settlement New Helvetia (now the City of
Sacramento). In 1841, the general established a great stock ranch in this area
to which he retired in 1850 when gold seekers deprived him of most of his
holdings at Sacramento.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Sutter County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the
county were given to Placer County in 1851.
In the early 1800's, the area now known as Sutter County was inhabited by the native Maidu Indians.
Members of various Spanish expeditions in search of mission sites, and fur trappers lured by the
abundant wildlife, traveled through in 1841. The bulk of the territory was deeded by the Mexican
Government to the County's namesake, John Sutter. Established in 1842, John Sutter's Hock Farm was the
first large-scale agricultural settlement in Northern California, composed of grain, cattle, orchards
and vineyards.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 609 square miles (1,576 kmē), of
which, 603 square miles (1,561 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (16 kmē) of it (0.99%) is water.
Sutter County is home to the Sutter Buttes, known as the "World's Smallest Mountain Range." This
volcanic formation provides relief to the otherwise seemingly flat Sacramento Valley.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Butte County
- Northeast: Yuba County
- East: Placer County
- Southeast: Sacramento County
- Southwest: Yolo County
- Northwest: Colusa County
Cities and Towns:
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- Live Oak |
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- Yuba City
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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,
act locally." |
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