Place:Stanislaus, California, United States

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NameStanislaus
Alt namesStanislaussource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.55°N 121°W
Located inCalifornia, United States     (1854 - )
See alsoSan Joaquin, California, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Tuolumne, California, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Lakewood Memorial Park
Modesto Pioneer Cemetery
Oakdale Citizens Cemetery
Turlock Memorial Park
Census-designated place
Bret Harte
Bystrom
Del Rio
Denair
East Oakdale
Empire
Grayson
Hickman
Keyes
Riverdale Park
Salida
Shackelford
West Modesto
Westley
Inhabited place
Adela
Ceres
Claribel
Crows Landing
Esman
Eugene
Hills Ferry
Hughson
Knights Ferry
La Grange
Modesto ( 1860 - )
Montpelier
Newman
Oakdale
Ohm
Patterson
Riverbank
Riverside
South Modesto
Standiford
Stewart
Stomar
Tuolumne City
Turlock
Valley Home
Waterford
Locality
Orestimba
Oristemba
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Stanislaus County is a county located in the San Joaquin Valley of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 552,878. The county seat is Modesto.

Stanislaus County makes up the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is located just east of the San Francisco Bay Area and serves as a bedroom community for those who work in the eastern part of the Bay Area.

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History

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The first European to see the area was Gabriel Moraga in 1806.

The county was named after the Estanislao river, which in turn was named in honor of Estanislao, a mission-educated renegade Native American chief who led a band of Native Americans in a series of battles against Mexican troops until finally being defeated by General Mariano Vallejo in 1826. Estanislao was his baptismal name, the Spanish name version after Saint Stanislaus the Martyr.

Between 1843 and 1846, when California was a province of independent Mexico, five Mexican land grants totaling were granted in Stanislaus County. Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas, Rancho Pescadero and Rancho Del Puerto were located on the west side of the San Joaquin River, and Rancho Del Rio Estanislao and Rancho Thompson on the north side of the Stanislaus River. Additionally, in 1844 Salomon Pico received a Mexican land grant of in the San Joaquin Valley, somewhere near the Stanislaus River and the San Joaquin River in what is now Stanislaus County. However, the grant was never confirmed by the Land Commission.

Stanislaus County was formed from part of Tuolumne County in 1854. The county seat was first situated at Adamsville, then moved to Empire in November, La Grange in December, and Knights Ferry in 1862, and was ultimately fixed at the present location in Modesto in 1871.

As the price of housing has increased in the San Francisco Bay Area, many people who work in the southern reaches of the Bay Area have opted for the longer commute and moved to Stanislaus County for the relatively affordable housing.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1854 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1873 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 2,245
1870 6,499
1880 8,751
1890 10,040
1900 9,550
1910 22,522
1920 43,557
1930 56,641
1940 74,866
1950 127,231
1960 157,294
1970 194,506
1980 265,900
1990 370,522
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Stanislaus County, California, United States

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