BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: District
1 - Liz Bass
District 2 - Paolo Maffei*
District 3 - Vacant
District 4 - Mark Thornton
District 5 - Richard Pland
BOARD MEETS: Tuesdays
TUOLUMNE County
seat, Sonora Created February 18, 1850.
The name Tuolumne is of Indian origin and has been
given different meanings, such as Many Stone Houses,
The Land of Mountain Lions and Straight Up Steep,
the later an interpretation of William Fuller, a
native Indian Chief. Vallejo , in his report to the
first Legislature, said that the word is "a
corruption of the Indian word talmalamne which signifies "cluster
of stone wigwams." The name may mean "people
who dwell in stone houses," i.e., in caves.
The above stats are provided
by the Tuolumne County Association of REALTORS ® Multiple Listing Service They are deemed reliable, but not necessarily
accurate.
