California Matches http://californiamatches.com California Matches: Find your perfect match in California! Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Welcome to California Matches! http://californiamatches.com/2008/08/welcome-to-california-matches/ http://californiamatches.com/2008/08/welcome-to-california-matches/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:34:40 +0000 admin http://californiamatches.com/?p=9 Romantic Couple from Orange County, California

Romantic Couple from Orange County, California

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[3] ↓ Map Alameda County Oakland 1853 Parts of Contra Costa County and Santa Clara County. Spanish word meaning a “cottonwood grove”. &0000000001443741.0000001,443,741 State map highlighting Alameda County Alpine County Markleeville 1864 Parts of Amador County, El Dorado County, Calaveras County, Mono County and Tuolumne County. English word meaning “of, pertaining to, or connected with, the Alps”. &0000000000001208.0000001,208 State map highlighting Alpine County Amador County Jackson 1854 Part of Calaveras County. Jose Maria Amador (1794-1883), a soldier, rancher and miner. In Spanish, the word amador means “lover”. &0000000000035100.00000035,100 State map highlighting Amador County Butte County Oroville 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. From the Sutter Buttes, which lay within the county’s borders at the time of its creation. &0000000000203171.000000203,171 State map highlighting Butte County Calaveras County San Andreas 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. From the Calaveras River &0000000000040554.00000040,554 State map highlighting Calaveras County Colusa County Colusa 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. From two Mexican land grants; Coluses (1844) and Colus (1845). &0000000000018804.00000018,804 State map highlighting Colusa County Contra Costa County Martinez 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. Spanish for opposite coast, because Contra Costa County is across San Francisco Bay from San Francisco &0000000000948816.000000948,816 State map highlighting Contra Costa County Del Norte County Crescent City 1857 Part of Klamath County. Spanish for Northern, because Del Norte County is the northwesternmost county in the state. &0000000000027507.00000027,507 State map highlighting Del Norte County El Dorado County Placerville 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. From the mythical El Dorado, The Gilded One, in relation to El Dorado County’s importance in the California Gold Rush &0000000000156299.000000156,299 State map highlighting El Dorado County Fresno County Fresno 1856 Parts of Mariposa County, Merced County and Tulare County. From Fresno Creek. In Spanish, Fresno means “ash tree”. &0000000000799407.000000799,407 State map highlighting Fresno County Glenn County Willows 1891 Part of Colusa County. Named for Dr. Hugh J. Glenn (1824-1883), a California businessman and politician &0000000000026453.00000026,453 State map highlighting Glenn County Humboldt County Eureka 1853 Part of Trinity County. From Humboldt Bay, named for Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a Prussian naturalist and explorer &0000000000126518.000000126,518 State map highlighting Humboldt County Imperial County El Centro 1907 Part of San Diego County.[4] From the Imperial Valley, which tooks its name from the Imperial Land Company &0000000000142361.000000142,361 State map highlighting Imperial County Inyo County Independence 1866 Parts of Mono County and Tulare County. From a Native American word for dwelling place of the great spirit &0000000000017945.00000017,945 State map highlighting Inyo County Kern County Bakersfield 1866 Parts of Los Angeles County and Tulare County. From the Kern River, named for Edward Kern, cartographer for General John C. Fremont’s 1845 expedition &0000000000661645.000000661,645 State map highlighting Kern County Kings County Hanford 1893 Part of Tulare County. From the Kings River &0000000000129461.000000129,461 State map highlighting Kings County Lake County Lakeport 1861 Part of Napa County. From Clear Lake. &0000000000058309.00000058,309 State map highlighting Lake County Lassen County Susanville 1864 Parts of Plumas County and Shasta County, and part of now defunct Lake County, Nevada. Named for Peter Lassen (1800-1859), a native of Denmark and an early explorer of the area. &0000000000033828.00000033,828 State map highlighting Lassen County Los Angeles County Los Angeles 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. Spanish for the angels &0000000009519338.0000009,519,338 State map highlighting Los Angeles County Madera County Madera 1893 Part of Fresno County. Spanish for wood &0000000000123109.000000123,109 State map highlighting Madera County Marin County San Rafael 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. Disputed &0000000000247289.000000247,289 State map highlighting Marin County Mariposa County Mariposa 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties.[5] Spanish for butterfly &0000000000017130.00000017,130 State map highlighting Mariposa County Mendocino County Ukiah 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. From Cape Mendocino, named probably for either Antonio de Mendoza or Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, viceroys of New Spain &0000000000086265.00000086,265 State map highlighting Mendocino County Merced County Merced 1855 Part of Mariposa County. From the Merced River, or in Spanish El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (River of Our Lady of Mercy); named in 1806 by an expedition headed by Gabriel Moraga &0000000000210554.000000210,554 State map highlighting Merced County Modoc County Alturas 1874 Part of Siskiyou County. From the Native American Modoc people &0000000000009449.0000009,449 State map highlighting Modoc County Mono County Bridgeport 1861 Parts of Calaveras County, Fresno County and Mariposa County. - &0000000000012853.00000012,853 State map highlighting Mono County Monterey County Salinas 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. From Monterey Bay. The name itself is composed of the Spanish words monte (hill) and rey (king) &0000000000401762.000000401,762 State map highlighting Monterey County Napa County Napa 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000124279.000000124,279 State map highlighting Napa County Nevada County Nevada City 1851 Part of Yuba County. - &0000000000092033.00000092,033 State map highlighting Nevada County Orange County Santa Ana 1889 Part of Los Angeles County. From the citrus fruit widely grown in the region at the time the county was formed &0000000002846289.0000002,846,289 State map highlighting Orange County Placer County Auburn 1851 Parts of Sutter County and Yuba County. - &0000000000307004.000000307,004 State map highlighting Placer County Plumas County Quincy 1854 Part of Butte County. For the Feather River, “Plumas” meaning “feathers” in Spanish &0000000000020824.00000020,824 State map highlighting Plumas County Riverside County Riverside 1893 Parts of San Bernardino County and San Diego County. From the city of Riverside being alongside the Santa Ana River &0000000001545387.0000001,545,387 State map highlighting Riverside County Sacramento County Sacramento 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. From the Sacramento River, itself named for the Santisimo Sacramento (Spanish for Most Holy Sacrament) a reference to the Eucharist &0000000001223499.0000001,223,499 State map highlighting Sacramento County San Benito County Hollister 1874 Part of Monterey County. - &0000000000053234.00000053,234 State map highlighting San Benito County San Bernardino County San Bernardino 1853 Part of Los Angeles County. Named for Saint Bernardino of Siena &0000000001709434.0000001,709,434 State map highlighting San Bernardino County San Diego County San Diego 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. Named for San Diego Bay, itself named for Saint Didacus of Alcalá, or San Diego de Alcalá in Spanish &0000000002813833.0000002,813,833 State map highlighting San Diego County San Francisco County San Francisco 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), a Roman Catholic saint and founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) &0000000000776733.000000776,733 State map highlighting San Francisco County San Joaquin County Stockton 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000563598.000000563,598 State map highlighting San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. Spanish for St. Louis, the Bishop. &0000000000246681.000000246,681 State map highlighting San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Redwood City 1856 Part of San Francisco County. - &0000000000707161.000000707,161 State map highlighting San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. Spanish for Saint Barbara &0000000000399347.000000399,347 State map highlighting Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County San Jose 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000001682585.0000001,682,585 State map highlighting Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000255602.000000255,602 State map highlighting Santa Cruz County Shasta County Redding 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000163256.000000163,256 State map highlighting Shasta County Sierra County Downieville 1852 Part of Yuba County. - &0000000000003555.0000003,555 State map highlighting Sierra County Siskiyou County Yreka 1852 Parts of Shasta County and Klamath County. County named after Siskiyou Mountain Range; etymology of Siskiyou is disputed &0000000000044301.00000044,301 State map highlighting Siskiyou County Solano County Fairfield 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000394542.000000394,542 State map highlighting Solano County Sonoma County Santa Rosa 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000458614.000000458,614 State map highlighting Sonoma County Stanislaus County Modesto 1854 Part of Tuolumne County. - &0000000000446997.000000446,997 State map highlighting Stanislaus County Sutter County Yuba City 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. Named for Johann Augustus Sutter (a.k.a. John Sutter) (1803–1880), a Swiss pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold Rush &0000000000078930.00000078,930 State map highlighting Sutter County Tehama County Red Bluff 1856 Parts of Butte County, Colusa County and Shasta County. - &0000000000056039.00000056,039 State map highlighting Tehama County Trinity County Weaverville 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000013022.00000013,022 State map highlighting Trinity County Tulare County Visalia 1852 Part of Mariposa County. - &0000000000368021.000000368,021 State map highlighting Tulare County Tuolumne County Sonora 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000054501.00000054,501 State map highlighting Tuolumne County Ventura County Ventura 1872 Part of Santa Barbara County. Abbreviation of San Buenaventura, Spanish for St. Bonaventure. &0000000000753197.000000753,197 State map highlighting Ventura County Yolo County Woodland 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000168660.000000168,660 State map highlighting Yolo County Yuba County Marysville 1850 One of the twenty-seven original counties. - &0000000000071938.00000071,938 State map highlighting Yuba County


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