POPULATION: 441,143

INCORPORATION DATE: 1850

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Luis Alejo
• District 2 – Glenn Church
• District 3 – Chris Lopez
• District 4 – Wendy Root Askew
• District 5 – Mary Adams

*Denotes Chair of the Board

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

MONTEREY. County seat, Salinas. Created February 18, 1850. It derived its name from the Bay of Monterey. The word itself is composed of the Spanish words monte and rey, and literally means “king of the forest.” The bay was named by Sebastian Vizcaino in 1602, in honor of the Conde de Monterey, the Viceroy of New Spain.