POPULATION: 87,946

INCORPORATION DATE: 1850

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Glenn McCourty
• District 2 – Maureen Mulheren
• District 3 – John Haschak
• District 4 – Dan Gjerde
• District 5 – Ted Williams

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

MENDOCINO. County seat, Ukiah. Created February 18, 1850. The county derived its name from Cape Mendocino which was probably named in honor of either Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain, 1535-1542 (who sent the Juan Cabrillo Expedition to this coast in 1542), or Lorenzo Suarez de Mendoza, Viceroy from 1580 to 1583. Mendocino is an adjective form of the family name of Mendoza.