Modoc County
204 Court Street, Alturas, CA 96101
(530) 233-6201
www.modoccounty.us
| POPULATION: |
9,702 |
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| INCORPORATION DATE: |
1874 |
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FORM OF
GOVERNMENT: |
General Law |
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| BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: |
District 1 - Daniel Macsay, Sr. *
District 2 - Jeff Bullock
District 3 - Patricia Cantrall
District 4 - Loren Crabtree
District 5 - David Bradshaw |
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*Denotes Chair of the Board |
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| BOARD MEETS: |
First, Third and Fourth Tuesdays |
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MODOC. County seat, Alturas. Created February 17, 1874, from an eastern section of Siskiyou county. It derived its name from a fierce Indian tribe which lived at the Pit River headwaters. One historian suggests that the word modoc means "the head of the river." Another states that the word is derived from the Klamath word moatakni meaning "southerners," i.e., the people living south of the Klamath tribe. |
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