POPULATION: 19,718

INCORPORATION DATE: 1854

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Terry Swofford
• District 2 – Kevin Goss
• District 3 – Sherrie Thrall
• District 4 – Lori Simpson
• District 5 – Jon Kennedy

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

PLUMAS. County seat, Quincy. Created March 18, 1854. The Spanish originally called one of the tributaries of the Sacramento River El Rio de las Plumas or the “River of Feathers.” The Legislature, in creating this county, gave it the name Plumas because all of the numerous branches of the Feather River have their origins in its mountains.