POPULATION: 27,298

INCORPORATION DATE: 1857

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Darrin Short
• District 2 – Valerie Starkey
• District 3 – Christopher Howard
• District 4 – Joey Borges
• District 5 – Dean Wilson

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

DEL NORTE. County seat, Crescent City. Created March 2, 1857, from territory formerly included in Klamath County. The name of this county signifies “the north” and the county derived its name from its geographical position in the extreme northwest corner of the state.