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English: Locator map of Mariposa County, in California. Credits. David Benbennick made this map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps.
Mariposa County was one of the original 27 counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850. While it began as the state's largest county, territory that was once part of Mariposa was ceded over time to form all or part of twelve other counties, including all of Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and Kern; and parts of San Benito, Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mariposa County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a Google map. [1]
Mariposa (/ ˌ m ær ɪ ˈ p oʊ z ə,-s ə / ⓘ; [6] Spanish for "Butterfly") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States. [7] The population was 1,526 at the 2020 census. [3]
Part of the county's territory went to Del Norte County in 1857, and in 1874 the remainder was divided between Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. Pautah County, California was created in 1852 out of territory which, the state of California assumed, was to be ceded to it by the United States Congress from territory in what is now the state of Nevada.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in Mariposa County, California.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Mariposa County, California, geography stubs (67 P) Pages in category "Mariposa County, California" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Landforms of Mariposa County, California (5 C, 9 P) P. Populated places in Mariposa County, California (3 C) Protected areas of Mariposa County, California (4 C, 8 P) R.