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  2. List of counties in California - Wikipedia

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    Part of the county's territory went to Del Norte County in 1857, and in 1874 the remainder was divided between Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. Pautah County, California was created in 1852 out of territory which, the state of California assumed, was to be ceded to it by the United States Congress from territory in what is now the state of Nevada.

  3. Territorial evolution of California - Wikipedia

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    American period: An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. American period: An enlargeable map of the United States after the Compromise of 1850. American period: The Nataqua Territory extension into California (light yellow), and Nevada's Roop County claim (light yellow area plus area outlined in ...

  4. Northern California - Wikipedia

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    Map of northern California counties. California experienced a population boom during its gold rush (1848–1855), bringing more than 300,000 new residents, with very few of these settling in the southern part of the state.

  5. Geography of California - Wikipedia

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    Northern California usually refers to the state's northernmost 48 counties. The main population centers of Northern California include San Francisco Bay Area (which includes the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and the largest city of the region, San Jose), and Sacramento (the state capital) as well as its metropolitan area.

  6. List of regions of California - Wikipedia

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    South Coast. Ventura County. Oxnard Plain; Conejo Valley. Thousand Oaks; East County- Moorpark, Simi Valley; Channel Islands; Tovaangar; Greater Los Angeles. Malibu

  7. California - Wikipedia

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    Map of the regions of California Map showing the division between Northern California (top white) and Southern California (bottom red) California is traditionally separated into Northern California and Southern California, divided by a straight border which runs across the state, separating the northern 48 counties from the southern 10 counties ...

  8. History of the mapping of California - Wikipedia

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    In 1841, Cadwalader Ringgold, an officer in the United States Navy, spent twenty days surveying the San Francisco Bay watershed as a member of the United States Exploring Expedition In 1849, Cadwalader Ringgold began a more comprehensive survey the San Francisco Bay region, [11] the Sacramento River, and parts of the American and created several maps which included depth sounding information ...

  9. Upstate California - Wikipedia

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    Northern California includes both the red and the light red counties. Upstate California is the name of a marketing campaign which seeks to promote business in the northernmost 20 counties of California. [1] Roughly the upper half of Northern California, the "upstate" designation encompasses primarily rural areas which contain 4.5% of ...