The J.F.K. Library Presents the Donovan J. McCune Room

The McCune Room is OPEN on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday
from 2–4pm and every Saturday from 12-2pm.

The McCune Collection Calendar Mobile

Wanna help make the McCune better? Click here to take our McCune Collection 2022 Visitor Survey!

Home > The Collection > Californiana > The Genesis of California Counties

The Genesis of California Counties

Front Cover

Item:: Book
Title:: The Genesis of California Counties
Author:: Owen C. Coy
Illustrator:
Printer:: California Historical Survey Commission
Place of Printing:: Berkeley
Date of Printing:: 1923
Format:
Language:
Incipit:
Reference:
Donated by:: Kenneth Innes III

Author and Commentators

Owen Cochran Coy (1884-1952). American historian and director for the California Historical Survey Commission.

The Book

92 pages with illustrated maps. The maps show California in 1850, 1852, 1855, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1895, and 1922. There is also a foldout map of Los Angeles showing changes in jurisdiction and a map showing the Los Angeles – Ventura boundary.

Contents

Preface
List of Maps
Genesis of California Counties
Appendix I: Map of California with Key Showing Changes in County Jurisdiction
Appendix II: History of the Boundary of Los Angeles County
Index

Gallery

Front Cover

Library

Title

Copyright & Letter of Transmittal

Preface

Preface

Table of Contents & List of Maps

pg 1

pg 2-3

pg 4-5

pg 6-7

pg 8-9

pg 10-11

pg 12-13

pg 14-15

pg 16-17

pg 18-19

pg 20-21

pg 22-23

pg 24-25

pg 26-27

pg 28-29

pg 30-31

pg 32-33

pg 34-35

pg 36-37

pg 38-39

pg 40-41

pg 42-43

pg 44-45

pg 46-47

pg 48-49

pg 50-51

pg 52-53

pg 54-55

pg 56-57

pg 59 & Appendix 1

Key to Map Showing Changes in County Jurisdictions

pg 62-63

pg 64-65

pg 66-67

pg 68-69

Appendix 2

Foldout Map

pg 73

pg 74-75

pg 76-77

pg 78-791

pg 80-81

pg 82-83

pg 84-85

pg 86-87

pg 88-89

Index

Index

Calif 1850

Calif 1852

Calif 1855

Calif 1870

Calif 1880

Calif 1895

Calif 1922

Back to Top