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California Counties
Alameda County, California
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Alameda County WikipediaAlameda County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The county seat is Oakland.
Alpine County - WikipediaAlpine County is the smallest county, by population, in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is Markleeville.
Amador County, California
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Amador County - WikipediaAmador County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is Jackson.
Butte County, California
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Butte County - WikipediaButte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of the state capital, Sacramento. The county seat is Oroville. Butte County is the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty."
Calaveras County, California
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Calaveras County - WikipediaCalaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is San Andreas. Angels Camp is its only incorporated city.
Colusa County, California
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Colusa County - WikipediaColusa County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, northwest of state capital Sacramento. The county seat is Colusa.
Contra Costa County, California
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Contra Costa County - WikipediaContra Costa County is a primarily suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is Martinez.
Del Norte County - WikipediaDel Norte County is located at the far northwest corner of the State of California on the Pacific adjacent to the Oregon border. The county seat is Crescent City, the county's only incorporated city.
El Dorado County, California
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El Dorado County - WikipediaEl Dorado County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. The county seat is Placerville.
Fresno County - WikipediaFresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. The county seat is Fresno.
Glenn County, California
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Glenn County - WikipediaGlenn County is a county located in the Central Valley, in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Willows
Humboldt County, California
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Humboldt County - WikipediaHumboldt County is located on the far North Coast of California. The two largest population centers are Eureka, the county seat, and the smaller college town of Arcata.
Imperial County, California
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Imperial County - WikipediaImperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley, in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, bordering both Arizona and Mexico. The county seat is the city of El Centro.
Inyo County, California
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Inyo County - WikipediaInyo County is located in east-central California in the southwestern United States, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and south of Yosemite National Park. The county seat is Independence.
Kern County, California
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Kern County - WikipediaKern County is a county located in the southern Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is Bakersfield (since 1874) with the original county seat being the former mining town of Havilah in the mountains between Bakersfield and Tehachapi.
Kings County, California
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Kings County - WikipediaKings County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is Hanford.
Lake County, California
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Lake County - WikipediaLake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. The county seat is Lakeport.
Lassen County, California
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Lassen County - WikipediaLassen County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is Susanville, the only incorporated city in the county.
Los Angeles County, California
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Los Angeles County - WikipediaLos Angeles County is a county in California, and is by far, the most populous in the United States. The county seat is the City of Los Angeles.
Madera County, California
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Madera County - WikipediaMadera County is a county of the U.S. state of California, located in the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada north of Fresno County. The county seat is Madera.
Marin County, California
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Marin County - WikipediaMarin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is San Rafael.
Mariposa County, California
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Mariposa County - WikipediaMariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The county seat is Mariposa.
Mendocino County, California
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Mendocino County - WikipediaMendocino County is a county located on the north coast of the U.S. state of California, north of the greater San Francisco Bay Area and west of the Central Valley. The county seat is Ukiah.
Merced County, California
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Merced County, CaliforniaMerced County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of Fresno and southeast of San Jose. The county seat is Merced.
Modoc County, California
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Modoc County - WikipediaModoc County is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California, bounded by the state of Oregon to the north and the state of Nevada to the east. The current county seat is Alturas, the county's only incorporated city.
Mono County, California
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Mono County - WikipediaMono County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada. The county seat is Bridgeport.
Monterey County, California
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Monterey County - WikipediaMonterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The county seat is Salinas.
Napa County, California
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Napa County - WikipediaNapa County is a county located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is Napa.
Nevada County, California
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Nevada County - WikipediaNevada County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, in the Mother Lode country. The county seat is Nevada City.
Orange County, California
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Orange County - WikipediaOrange County is a county in Southern California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana.
Placer County, California
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Placer County - WikipediaPlacer County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. The county seat is Auburn.
Plumas County, California
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Plumas County - WikipediaPlumas County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is Quincy.
Riverside County, California
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Riverside County - WikipediaRiverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. The county seat is the city of Riverside.
Sacramento County, California
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Sacramento County - WikipediaSacramento County is a county in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Sacramento, the state capital.
San Benito County, California
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San Benito County - WikipediaSan Benito County is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of California, south of San Jose. The county seat is Hollister,
San Bernardino County, California
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San Bernardino County - WikipediaSan Bernardino County is a county located in the southeast of the state of California. The county seat is San Bernardino.
San Diego County, California
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San Diego County - WikipediaSan Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of San Diego.
San Francisco, California
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San Francisco - WikipediaThe City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 13th most populous city in the United States
San Joaquin County, California
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San Joaquin County - WikipediaSan Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area.The county seat is Stockton.
San Luis Obispo County, California
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San Luis Obispo County - WikipediaSan Luis Obispo County is a county located along the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. The county seat is San Luis Obispo,
San Mateo County, California
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San Mateo County - WikipediaSan Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is Redwood City.
Santa Barbara County, California
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Santa Barbara County - WikipediaSanta Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County. The county seat is Santa Barbara and the largest city is Santa Maria.
Santa Clara County, California
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Santa Clara County - WikipediaSanta Clara County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is San Jose..
Santa Cruz County, California
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Santa Cruz County - WikipediaSanta Cruz County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, just south of the San Francisco Bay Area.The county seat is Santa Cruz.
Shasta County, California
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Shasta County - WikipediaShasta County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The county seat and by far the largest city is Redding.
Sierra County, California
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Sierra County - WikipediaSierra County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, northeast of Sacramento on the border with Nevada. The county seat is Downieville.
Siskiyou County, California
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Siskiyou County - WikipediaSiskiyou County is a county located in the far northernmost part of the U.S. state of California, in the Shasta Cascade region on the Oregon border. The County seat is Yreka
Solano County, California
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Solano County - WikipediaSolano County is a county located in Bay-Delta region of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. As of 2000 its population was 394,542. The county seat is Fairfield and the largest city is Vallejo.
Sonoma County, California
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Sonoma County, CaliforniaSonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, U.S. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa.
Stanislaus County, California
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Stanislaus County - WikipediaStanislaus County is a county located in the Central Valley of the state of California, between Stockton and Fresno. The county seat is Modesto.
Sutter County, California
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Sutter County - WikipediaSutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. The county seat is Yuba City.
Tehama County, California
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Tehama County - WikipediaTehama County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. It is bisected by the Sacramento River. The county seat is Red Bluff.
Trinity County, California
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Trinity County - WikipediaTrinity County is a large, rugged and mountainous, heavily forested county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California, along the Trinity River and within the Salmon/Klamath Mountains. Its county seat and largest town is Weaverville.
Tulare County, California
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Tulare County - WikipediaTulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno. Its county seat is Visalia.
Tuolumne County, California
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Tuolumne County - WikipediaTuolumne County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The northern half of Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county. The county seat is Sonora, the county's only incorporated city.
Ventura County, California
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Ventura County - WikipediaVentura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Ventura (formally known as San Buenaventura).
Yolo County, California
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Yolo County - WikipediaYolo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. Woodland is the county seat.
Yuba County - WikipediaYuba County is located in the U.S. state of California's Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the Feather River. The county seat is Marysville.
