Brief
History:
Monterey County was
one of the original counties of
California, created in 1850 at the time of
statehood. Parts of the county
were given to San Benito County in
1874. The area was originally populated by
Ohlone, Salinan and Esselen tribes.
The county derives its
name from Monterey Bay. The bay was named
by Sebastián Vizcaíno in 1602 in honor of
the
Conde de Monterrey (or Count
of Monterrey), then the Viceroy of
New Spain. Monterrey is a variation of
Monterrei, a
municipality in the Galicia region
of Spain where the Conde de Monterrey
and his father (the Fourth Count of
Monterrei)
were from.
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