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Sierra County

Sierra County

P.O. Box D, Downieville, CA 95936
(530) 289-3295
www.sierracounty.ws

POPULATION:	3,358

INCORPORATION DATE:	1850

FORM OF GOVERNMENT:	General Law


BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:	District 1 - Lee Adams District 2 - Peter Huebner District 3 - Bill Nunes District 4 - David Goicoechea * District 5 - Pat Whitley
	*Denotes Chair of the Board

BOARD MEETS:	First and Third Tuesdays

SIERRA. County seat, Downieville. Created April 16, 1852. Sierra nevada in Spanish means "snow saw," applied to the Sierra Nevada mountain chain because of the jagged, serrated, sawtooth peaks forming the skyline.

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