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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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Tuolumne County, California
Tuolumne County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Sonora
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 2,236 |
Court House: 2 South Green Street
County Courthouse
Sonora, CA 95370-4618
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The name Tuolumne is of Indian origin and has been given
different meanings, such as Many Stone Houses, The Land of Mountain Lions and
Straight Up Steep, the later an interpretation of William Fuller, a native
Indian Chief. In his report to the first state Legislature, Vallejo said that
the word is "a corruption of the Indian word talmalamne which signifies "cluster
of stone wigwams." The name may mean "people who dwell in stone houses," i.e.,
in caves.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Tuolumne County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of
statehood. Prior to statehood, it had been referred to as Oro County. Parts of the county were given to
Stanislaus County in 1854 and to Alpine County in 1864.
A HISTORY TUOLUMNE COUNTY CALIFORNIA,
COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC RECORDS.
SAN FRANCISCO.
PUBLISHED BY B. F. ALLEY.
1882.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,274 square miles (5,891 kmē),
of which, 2,235 square miles (5,790 kmē) of it is land and 39 square miles (101 kmē) of it (1.71%) is
water. A California Department of Forestry document reports Tuolumne County's 1,030,812 acres (4,171.55
km2) include federal lands such as Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Forest, Bureau of Land
Management lands, and Indian reservations.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Alpine County
- East: Mono County
- South: Madera County; Mariposa County
- Southwest: Merced County; Stanislaus County
- Northwest: Calaveras County
Cities and Towns:
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- Sonora
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County Resources:
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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,
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