*TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA*
1520 Listings
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Population:	54,501 2000 census
Area:	1,430,820 Acres
County Seat:*	Stewart* 1850	Sonora 1850 - present
Date: February 18, 1850	Original county

Mining Districts
Name		Type



Historical Landmarks
Number	Name	Date
122	Montezuma	1852
123	Columbia	1850
124	Tuttletown	1848
138	Mark Twain Cabin replica
139	St. James Episcopal Church	October 4, 1859
140	Wells Fargo Express Company Building	1849
395	Shaw's Flat	1850
406	Big Oak Flat Once called Savage Diggins 1848-1850	1850
407	Summersville (Tuolumne) Then called Carters and then Tuolumne
419	Jacksonville Inundated by Don Pedro Reservoir	1849
420	Soulsbyville	1855
422	Sonora-Mono Road	1852
423	Chinese Camp	1849
424	Sawmill Flat	1850
431	Jamestown	August 8, 1848
432	Springfeld
438	Parrott's Ferry	1860
445	Cherokee	1853
446	Groveland first called First Garrote	1849
460	Second Garrote	1849

Territorial History
1850	One of the 27 original counties
	Territory from Tuolumne to Alpine (1864)
	Territory from Tuolumne to Stanislaus (1854)

* Tuolumne County was originally to be named Oro county.

* Stewart was previously known as Sonoranian Camp then was renamed Sonora.

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.

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Census Totals
1850	1860	1870	1880
8,351	16,229	8,150	7,843