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Monterey County (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ r eɪ / ⓘ MON-tə-RAY), officially the County of Monterey, is a county located on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 439,035. [5] The county's largest city and county seat is Salinas. [6] Monterey County comprises the Salinas, California ...
1879 county court house in Salinas (1905) In Salinas, the county board of supervisors purchased a two-story wooden building on Main Street to serve as the court house on February 8, 1873; they paid Henry Myers US$7,500 (equivalent to $190,000 in 2023). It was characterized as "an old rattle-trap of a building" which was destroyed by fire on ...
Monterey County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood, and served as the capital of Alta California under Spanish and Mexican rule. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of fiscal year 2011, the Board administered a county budget of nearly $385 million in current assets and $670 million in capital assets .
Salinas (/ s ə ˈ l iː n ə s /; Spanish for "Salt Flats") is a city in the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Monterey County.With a population of 163,542 in the 2020 Census, Salinas is the most populous city in Monterey County. [10]
Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto compared the expected flooding of the Salinas River to flooding in 1995, when heavy rains devastated the area and stranded people on either side of the flooded ...
Monterey County is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The population of the county in 2021 was 437,325. [1] The coastline of Monterey County includes Big Sur, Highway 1, and the scenic 17 Mile Drive in Pacific Grove and Carmel that traces the ...
Location of Monterey County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monterey County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monterey County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Monterey (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ r eɪ / ⓘ MON-tə-RAY; Spanish: Monterrey) is a city in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, Monterey was the second permanent settlement (after San Diego ) established by the Spanish Empire in what is now California.