POPULATION: 188,777

INCORPORATION DATE: 1907

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Jesus Eduardo Escobar
• District 2 – Luis Plancarte
• District 3 – Michael Kelley
• District 4 – Ryan Kelley
• District 5 – John Hawk

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

IMPERIAL. County seat, El Centro. Created August 15, 1907. It derived its name from the Imperial Valley and is the “youngest” of California’s counties. The valley was named for the Imperial Land Company, a subsidiary of the California Development Company, which at the turn of the century had reclaimed the southern portion of the Colorado desert for agriculture.