Alameda Sp., Shaded promenade 764 344,127 246,131 128,681,766 Oakland Alpine 710 243 309 422,063 Markleeville Amador Sp., Sweetheart 632 7,793 9,086 4,918,908 Jackson Butte Fr., Rounded, detached hill 1,660 30,030 27,301 16,057,766 Oroville Calaveras Sp., Skul’s (from Indian battle ground) 1,080 6,183 9,171 6,177,285 San Andreas Colusa Ind. 1,088 9,290 7,732 12,188,096 Colusa Contra Costa Sp., Opposite coast 728 53,889 31,674 21,753,956 Martinez Del Norte Sp., Of the North 992 2,759 2,417 2,882,445 Crescent City Eldorado Sp., The gilded (name given to fabled land of gold) 1,796 6,426 7,492 4,668,840 Placerville Fresno Sp., Ash tree 6,152 128,779 75,657 34,302,205 Fresno Glenn 1,270 11,853 7,172 10,645,524 Willow Humboldt (named for Baron von Humboldt) 3,496 37,413 33,857 24,911,492 Eureka Imperial 4,200 43,383 13,591 El Centro Inyo 10,294 7,031 6,974 2,316,319 Independence Kern 8,050 54,843 37,715 24,050,871 Bakersfield Kings 1,176 22,032 16,230 7,883,009 Hanford Lake 1,328 5,402 5,526 3,258,020 Lakeport Lassen 4,520 8,507 4,802 4,590,748 Susanville Los Angeles Sp., The angels 4,200 936,438 504,132 169,268,166 Los Angeles Madera Sp., Timber 2,062 12,203 8,368 6,732,495 Madera Marin Ind. 549 27,342 25,114 14,489,582 San Rafael Mariposa Sp., Butterfly 1,510 2,775 3,956 2,270,246 Mariposa Mendocino Sp., (from Mendoza, viceroy of Mexico) 3,626 24,116 23,929 13,131,995 Ukiah Merced Sp., Mercy 1,932 24,579 15,148 14,877,086 Merced Modoc Ind. 3,741 5,425 6,191 4,076,680 Alturas Mono Sp., Monkey, or pretty 3,020 960 2,042 1,151,109 Bridgeport Monterey Sp., King’s forest 3,340 27,980 24,146 18,962,554 Salinas Napa Ind. 780 20,678 19,800 13,840,291 Napa Nevada Sp., Heavy fall of snow 972 10,850 14,955 7,203,349 Nevada City Orange (named for its chief product) 750 61,375 34,436 13,812 Santa Ana Placer Sp., Loose (from placer mines) 1,365 18,584 18,237 9,677,724 Auburn Plumas Sp., Feathers 2,694 5,681 5,259 2,792,091 Quincy Riverside 7,323 50,297 34,696 16,373,296 Riverside Sacramento Sp., The Sacrament 1,000 90,978 67,806 41,333,337 Sacramento San Benito Sp., St. Benedict 1,388 8,995 8,041 6,499,068 Hollister San Bernardino Sp., St. Bernard 19,947 73,401 56,706 21,392,228 San Bernardino San Diego Sp., St. James 4,278 112,248 61,665 20,807,594 San Diego San Francisco Sp., St. Francis (of Assisi) 47 506,676 416,912 564,070,301 San Francisco San Joaquin Sp., name of a saint 1,396 79,905 50,732 34,740,353 Stockton