Place:Merced, California, United States

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NameMerced
Alt namesMercedsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.167°N 120.75°W
Located inCalifornia, United States     (1855 - )
See alsoMariposa, California, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery
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Planada
South Dos Palos
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Abbato
Amsterdam
Arena
Arundel
Athlone
Atwater
Ballico
Bear Creek
Bellevue
Brito
Buhach
Burchell
Calpack
Castle Gardens
Cortez
Cressey
Cuba
Dickenson
Dos Palos
Edendale
El Nido
Gadwall
Gustine
Hamburg Farms
Hoff
Hopeton
La Branza
Lingard
Linora
Livingston
Los Banos
Marguerite
Merced Falls
Merced
Nairn
Plainsburg
Santa Nella Village
Santa Rita Park
Snelling
Stevinson
The Grove
Trent
Tuttle
Volta
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Nevada City
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Merced County, is a county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California.

As of the 2020 census, the population was 281,202. The county seat is Merced. The county is named after the Merced River.

Merced County comprises the Merced, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Modesto-Merced, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is located north of Fresno County and Fresno, and southeast of Santa Clara County and San Jose.

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History

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The county derives its name from the Merced River, or El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (River of Our Lady of Mercy), named in 1806 by an expedition headed by Gabriel Moraga, which came upon it at the end of a hot dusty ride on the El Camino Viejo across the San Joaquin Valley in Spanish colonial Las Californias Province.

Between 1841 and 1844, during the period when Alta California was a territory of independent Mexico, four Mexican land grants were made in what became Merced County: Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas, Rancho Panoche de San Juan y Los Carrisolitos, Rancho San Luis Gonzaga, and Rancho Sanjon de Santa Rita

Merced County was formed in 1855 from parts of Mariposa County. Parts of its territory were given to Fresno County in 1856.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1855 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1855 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1855 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1855 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1873 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 1,141
1870 2,807
1880 5,656
1890 8,085
1900 9,215
1910 15,148
1920 24,579
1930 36,748
1940 46,988
1950 69,780
1960 90,446
1970 104,629
1980 134,560
1990 178,403
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Merced County, California, United States

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