Merced County, California
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| County of Merced | ||||||
Images, from top down, left to right: The historic Merced Theatre, San Luis Reservoir, UC Merced, The B-29A Super Fortress exhibit at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater
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 Location in the state of California |
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| Coordinates: 37°11′N 120°43′W / 37.19°N 120.71°WCoordinates: 37°11′N 120°43′W / 37.19°N 120.71°W | ||||||
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 United States |
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 California
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| Region | San Joaquin Valley | |||||
| Incorporated | April 19, 1855 | |||||
| Named for | Merced River | |||||
| County seat | Merced | |||||
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| • County Executive Officer | James L. Brown | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| • Total | 1,979 sq mi (5,130 km2) | |||||
| • Land | 1,935 sq mi (5,010 km2) | |||||
| • Water | 44 sq mi (110 km2) | |||||
| Highest elevation | 3,801 ft (1,159 m) | |||||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||||||
| • Total | 255,793 | |||||
| • Estimate (2015) | 268,455 | |||||
| • Density | 130/sq mi (50/km2) | |||||
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8) | |||||
| • Summer (DST) | Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7) | |||||
| ZIP code | 93620, 93635, 93661, 93665, 95301, 95303, 95312, 95315, 95317, 95322. 95324, 95333, 95334, 95388, 95340, 95341, 95343, 95344, 95348, 95365. 95369, 95374 | |||||
| Area code | 209 | |||||
| FIPS code | 06-047 | |||||
| GNIS feature ID | 277288 | |||||
| Website | www |
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Merced County (/mərˈsɛd/ mər-SED), is a county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 255,793. The county seat is Merced. The county is named after the Merced River.
Merced County comprises the Merced, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Modesto-Merced, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is located north of Fresno County and Fresno, and southeast of Santa Clara County and San Jose.
The county derives its name from the Merced River, or El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (River of Our Lady of Mercy), named in 1806 by an expedition headed by Gabriel Moraga, which came upon it at the end of a hot dusty ride on the El Camino Viejo across the San Joaquin Valley in Spanish colonial Las Californias Province.
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