*MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA*
1380 Listings
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Population:	17,130 2000 census
Area:	928,780 Acres
County Seat:*	Agua Fria* 1850-1854	Mariposa 1854 to present
Date: February 18, 1850	Original county

Mining Districts
Name		Type



Historical Landmarks
Number	Name	Date
323	Mormon Bar	1849
331	Bear Valley once called Johnsonville	1850
332	Coulterville once called Maxwell Creek (1850)	1853
333	Hornitos
518	Agua Fria	1850
527	Savage Trading Post	1849
670	Mariposa County Courthouse	1854
790	Yosemite Valley	June 30, 1864

Census Totals
1850	1860	1870	1880
4,379	6,243	4,572	4,399

Territorial History
1850	One of the 27 original counties
	Territory from Mariposa to Fresno (1850)
	Territory from Fresno to Mariposa (1870)
	Territory from Mariposa to Fresno (1856)
	Territory from Mariposa to Merced (1855)
	Territory from Mariposa to Tulare (1852)
	Territory from Mariposa to Los Angeles (1851)
	Territory from Mariposa to Tulare (1856)
	Territory from Mariposa to *šMono (1864)
	Territory from Mariposa to *˛Mono (1856)
	Territory from San Diego to Mariposa (1851)

*Agua Fria no longer exists

*Was the largest of any of the counties (about 1/6th of the state land area).

*šThis territory was unattached from Mariposa in 1864 and placed in Mono county in 1866

*˛This territory was unattached from Mariposa in 1856 and placed in Mono county in 1861

The county took its name from Mariposa Creek. In Spanish mariposas means "butterflies".The area was named by Spanish explorers in 1807 when they discovered great clusters of butterflies.

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