*YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA*
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Population:	168,660 2000 census
Area:	647,960 Acres
County Seat:*	Fremont* 1850 - 1851	Washington* 1851 - 1857	Cacheville* 1857 - 1861
	Washington* 1861 - 1862	Woodland 1862 - present
Date: February 18, 1850	Original county

Mining Districts
Name		Type



Historical Landmarks
Number	Name	Date
851	Woodland Opera house	1885
864	Gable Mansion	1885

Territorial History
1850	One of the 27 original counties
	Territory from Solano to Yolo (1857)
	Territory from Yolo to Colusa (1851)

* Yolo County was originally to be named Fremont County. In 1850 Yolo County was first named Yola County and then later in 1850 the name was changed to Yolo

* Fremont was south of present knights Landing

* Washington was later named Broderick (across the river from Sacramento

* Cacheville was first named Huttons. Renamed Cacheville when it was made the county seat and is presently named Yolo

In the original act of 1850, the name was spelled "Yola." Yolo is an Indian name variously believed to be a corruption of an Indian tribal name Yo-loy meaning "a place abounding in rushes" or of the name of the Indian chief, Yodo, or of the Indian village of Yodoi.

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Census Totals
1850	1860	1870	1880
1,086	4,716	9,899	11,880