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About
Sierra County

County Population:


3,500

Incorporation
Date:

1850

About the County:
The County Seat is Downieville and it was 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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Links
Sierra County
  • Sierra County Board of Supervisors
    This link takes you out of NorCalBT to the Sierra County Web Site
    http://www.sierracounty.ws and then open link to Board of Supervisors
  • Sierra County Bioterrorism / Disaster Preparedness Web Site
    http://www.sierracountybt.org
    This link takes you out of NorCalBT to the Sierra CountyBT Web Site
  • Read about the Sierra County's Health & Human Services Bioterrorism / Disaster Response Team
Links
Sierra County Travel Information and Links
  • Traveling to Sierra County - Travel Tips
  • Surrounding Counties
    California - Lassen, Plumas, Yuba and Nevada (Nevada is not in Region III)
    Nevada - Washoe County
 
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