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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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Tehama County, California
Tehama County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Red Bluff
Year Organized: 1856
Square Miles: 2,951 |
Court House: 727 Oak Street
Tehama County Administration Office
Red Bluff, CA 96080
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The county is named for the City of Tehama. Tehama is an Indian word of unknown signification. Suggested possible
roots are the Arabic word tehama ("hot low-lands"), the Mexican word tejamanil
(shingle), or "high water" in the dialect of local Indians.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Tehama County was formed from parts of Butte, Colusa and Shasta Counties in 1856. The county seat is Red Bluff.
Tehama County was organized pursuant to the act of the Legislature approved April 9, 1856. Until 1860 the county
rented premises for court-house and other county purposes, except jail, which was erected in 1857. The present
court-house was built in 1860.
More at
A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California - Chicago, Lewis Publ.
Co., 1891
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,962 square miles (7,672 kmē),
of which, 2,951 square miles (7,643 kmē) of it is land and 11 square miles (29 kmē) of it (0.38%) is
water. A small part of Lassen Volcanic National Park extends into the northeast corner of the county.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Shasta County
- East: Plumas County
- Southeast: Butte County
- South: Glenn County
- Southwest: Mendocino County
- Northwest: Trinity County
Cities and Towns:
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- Corning |
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- Red Bluff
(County Seat) |
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Incorporated Area |
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- Tehama |
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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