Merced County
POPULATION: 258,736
INCORPORATION DATE: 1855
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
- District 1 – John Pedrozo
- District 2 – Hub Walsh
- District 3 – Linn Davis
- District 4 – Deidre F. Kelsey
- District 5 – Jerald O’Banion
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law
MERCED. County seat, Merced. Created April 19, 1855, from a part of Mariposa County. The county derived its name from the Merced River of El Rio de Nuestra Senora 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.
