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Mariposa County

Mariposa County is in the mountains of . It was originally the largest county in California at the time of statehood in 1850, but over the years was split up to form twelve other counties, giving it the nickname "the Mother of Counties".
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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in and the county seat of County, California, United States. The population was 1,526 at the 2020 census.

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is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, , United States. It is located 11.5 miles west-southwest of , at an elevation of 1,939 feet. The population was 372 at the 2020 census, down from 474 at the 2010 census.

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is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, . It is located on Maxwell Creek 20 miles northwest of at an elevation of 1699 feet.

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is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. It is located 18 miles east of at an elevation of 5,062 feet.

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is a small community in Mariposa County, , is accessed via roads in . It is bordered on the west by Sierra National Forest.

Mariposa County

Latitude of center
37.5701° or 37° 34′ 13″ north
Longitude of center
-119.9037° or 119° 54′ 13″ west
Population
18,300
Elevation
3,369 feet (1,027 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316944839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5370594
Wiki­data ID
Q156191
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Mariposa County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Mariposa County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ماريبوسا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه ماريبوسا، كاليفورنيا”
  • Armenian: “Մարիպոսա շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Mariposa”
  • Asturian: “Mariposa (condáu)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mariposa qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Mariposa konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Mariposa County, Kalifornien”
  • Bavarian: “Mariposa County”
  • Bishnupriya: “মারিপোসা কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “মারিপোসা কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Марапоза”
  • Bulgarian: “Марипоса”
  • Catalan: “Mariposa County, California”
  • Catalan: “Mariposa County”
  • Cebuano: “Mariposa County”
  • Chechen: “Марипоса”
  • Chinese: “Mariposa Kūn”
  • Chinese: “馬里波薩縣”
  • Chinese: “马里波萨县”
  • Czech: “Mariposa County”
  • Danish: “Mariposa County”
  • Dutch: “Mariposa County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعه ماريبوسا, كاليفورنيا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعه ماريبوسا”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Mariposa”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Mariposa”
  • Esperanto: “kantono papilia”
  • Estonian: “Mariposa maakond”
  • Finnish: “Mariposan piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Mariposa”
  • French: “Comté de Mariposa”
  • Georgian: “მარიპოსის ოლქი”
  • German: “Mariposa County”
  • Gilaki: “ماریپوزا شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מאריפוסה”
  • Hungarian: “Mariposa megye”
  • Icelandic: “Mariposa County”
  • Icelandic: “Mariposa-sýsla”
  • Irish: “Contae Mariposa, California”
  • Irish: “Contae Mariposa”
  • Italian: “contea di Mariposa”
  • Italian: “Contea di Mariposa”
  • Italian: “Mariposa County”
  • Japanese: “マリポーサ郡”
  • Japanese: “マリポサ郡”
  • Korean: “마리포사군”
  • Latin: “Mariposa Comitatus”
  • Limburgan: “Mariposa County”
  • Lithuanian: “Mariposos apygarda”
  • Low German: “Mariposa County”
  • Malayalam: “മാരിപ്പോസ കൗണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “मॅरिपोसा काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “ماریپوزا شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “ماریپوزا شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mariposa Kūn”
  • Navajo: “Kʼaalógii Bikooh Áłtsʼíísí Bił Hahoodzo”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mariposa County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mariposa County”
  • Norwegian: “Mariposa County”
  • Pampanga: “Mariposa County, California”
  • Pampanga: “Mariposa County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ماریپوزا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ماریپوزا”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Mariposa”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Mariposa”
  • Russian: “Марипоса”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Mariposa”
  • Serbian: “Округ Марипоса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mariposa County, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mariposa County”
  • Slovenian: “Mariposa County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Maryposa”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Mariposa”
  • Spanish: “Mariposa County California”
  • Spanish: “Mariposa County”
  • Swedish: “Mariposa County”
  • Tatar: “Марипоса (округ, Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Марипоса”
  • Tumbuka: “Mariposa County, California”
  • Tumbuka: “Mariposa County”
  • Turkish: “Mariposa County, CA”
  • Turkish: “Mariposa County, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Mariposa County, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Mariposa County”
  • Turkish: “Mariposa ilçesi, CA”
  • Turkish: “Mariposa ilçesi, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Mariposa ilçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Mariposa ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Маріпоса”
  • Urdu: “میریپوسا کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Mariposa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Mariposa, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Mariposa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Mariposa, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Mariposa”
  • Welsh: “Mariposa County, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “Mariposa County”
  • Western Panjabi: “میریپوسا کاؤنٹی”
  • “Mariposa”
  • “Mariposa County”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Mariposa County”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.