POPULATION: 283,521

INCORPORATION DATE: 1855

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Rodrigo Espinoza
• District 2 – Josh Pedrozo
• District 3 – Daron McDaniel
• District 4 – Lloyd Pareira
• District 5 – Scott Silveira

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

MERCED. County seat, Merced. Created April 19, 1855, from a part of Mariposa County. The county derived its name from the Merced River of El Rio de Nuestra Senora de la Merced (River of Our Lady of Mercy); named in 1806 by an expedition, headed by Gabriel Moraga, which came upon it at the end of a hot dusty ride.