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The archive covers 58 counties in California so far. Everything below is a work of the United States government or a book published before 1929, and every page links to the record it came from.
What the archive holds in California
| Records | Count | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Settlements | 6,674 | Every populated place the Geographic Names Information System records, each with the survey sheets that cover it. |
| Topographic sheets | 12,441 | Distinct United States Geological Survey sheets covering those settlements. |
| Listed properties | 2,912 | On the National Register of Historic Places. |
Counties
58 of 58All 58 counties in California. Every county below has published records and opens its own page.
| Map | County | Settlements | Listed | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County | 113 | 160 | not yet read | |
| Alpine County | 18 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Amador County | 44 | 22 | not yet read | |
| Butte County | 130 | 24 | not yet read | |
| Calaveras County | 108 | 16 | not yet read | |
| Colusa County | 33 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Contra Costa County | 115 | 49 | not yet read | |
| Del Norte County | 28 | 6 | not yet read | |
| El Dorado County | 181 | 21 | not yet read | |
| Fresno County | 186 | 44 | not yet read | |
| Glenn County | 42 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Humboldt County | 155 | 52 | not yet read | |
| Imperial County | 78 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Inyo County | 89 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Kern County | 283 | 23 | not yet read | |
| Kings County | 42 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Lake County | 65 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Lassen County | 64 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Los Angeles County | 563 | 616 | not yet read | |
| Madera County | 80 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Marin County | 102 | 50 | not yet read | |
| Mariposa County | 41 | 44 | not yet read | |
| Mendocino County | 154 | 42 | not yet read | |
| Merced County | 56 | 15 | not yet read | |
| Modoc County | 69 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Mono County | 43 | 11 | not yet read | |
| Monterey County | 102 | 64 | not yet read | |
| Napa County | 58 | 88 | not yet read | |
| Nevada County | 144 | 22 | not yet read | |
| Orange County | 208 | 136 | not yet read | |
| Placer County | 125 | 35 | not yet read | |
| Plumas County | 99 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Riverside County | 230 | 90 | not yet read | |
| Sacramento County | 113 | 106 | not yet read | |
| San Benito County | 21 | 14 | not yet read | |
| San Bernardino County | 382 | 98 | not yet read | |
| San Diego County | 284 | 148 | not yet read | |
| San Francisco County | 59 | 202 | not yet read | |
| San Joaquin County | 61 | 36 | not yet read | |
| San Luis Obispo County | 102 | 32 | not yet read | |
| San Mateo County | 107 | 63 | not yet read | |
| Santa Barbara County | 99 | 38 | not yet read | |
| Santa Clara County | 127 | 117 | not yet read | |
| Santa Cruz County | 78 | 42 | not yet read | |
| Shasta County | 139 | 20 | not yet read | |
| Sierra County | 56 | 10 | not yet read | |
| Siskiyou County | 114 | 19 | not yet read | |
| Solano County | 75 | 38 | not yet read | |
| Sonoma County | 185 | 73 | not yet read | |
| Stanislaus County | 57 | 24 | not yet read | |
| Sutter County | 60 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Tehama County | 102 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Trinity County | 65 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Tulare County | 202 | 35 | not yet read | |
| Tuolumne County | 125 | 32 | not yet read | |
| Ventura County | 101 | 39 | not yet read | |
| Yolo County | 72 | 24 | not yet read | |
| Yuba County | 63 | 10 | not yet read |
Settlements in California
6,674 settlementsNamed places, each with its own page of maps and records. They are listed on the page for the county that holds them, because that is where the rest of a town's record lives too. A place with no page is a place the archive has not reached yet, not a place that does not exist.
Every county in California, each listing its own settlements.
Provenance
- Boundaries. Census Bureau TIGERweb. A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Place names. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey.
- Counts. Computed from the records this site publishes, not quoted from anywhere. They change when the archive grows.