POPULATION: 63,177

INCORPORATION DATE: 1856

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Steve Chamblin
• District 2 – Sandy Bruce
• District 3 – Charles Willard
• District 4 – Dennis Garton
• District 5 – Ron Warner

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Charter

TEHAMA. County seat, Red Bluff. Created April 9. 1856. The county is named for the City of Tehama. Suggested possible roots are the Arabic word tehama (“hot low-lands”), the Mexican word tejamanil (shingle), or “high water” in the dialect of local Indians.