Driving through one county after another this weekend, I was curious if anyone had set a record for visiting all 58 California counties. Somebody had, in 58 hours. I emailed the guy and asked him the route he took.
I was also curious about the breakdown of the origins of the counties' names. I assumed most are Spanish, and here is a breakdown:
Spanish
- Alameda
- Amador
- Calaveras
- Contra Costa
- Del Norte
- El Dorado
- Fresno
- Los Angeles
- Madera
- Marin (maybe)
- Mariposa
- Mendocino
- Merced
- Monterey
- Nevada
- Placer
- Plumas
- Sacramento
- San Benito
- San Bernardino
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Joaquin
- San Luis Obispo
- San Mateo
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara
- Santa Cruz
- Sierra
- Solano
- Tulare
- Ventura
- Yuba
Native American
- Colusa
- Inyo
- Marin (maybe)
- Modoc
- Mono
- Napa
- Shasta
- Siskiyou (maybe)
- Sonoma
- Tehama
- Tuolumne
- Yolo
Non-Spanish European
- Alpine
- Butte
- Glenn
- Humboldt
- Imperial
- Kern
- Kings
- Lake
- Lassen
- Orange
- Riverside
- Siskiyou (maybe)
- Stanislaus
- Sutter
- Trinity
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