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Yuba County is located in the U.S. state of California's Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the
Feather River. As of 2000 its
Mortgage Net Branch
population is 60,219. The county seat is Marysville. Yuba County was one of the original counties of California, formed in 1850 at
Real Estate Home Values
the time of statehood. Parts
Mortgage Refinance
of the county's territory were given to Placer County in 1851, to Nevada County in 1851 and to Sierra County in 1852.
The county was named after the Yuba River by Captain John Sutter for the Native American village Yubu, Yupu or Juba
near the confluence of the Yuba and Feather rivers. General Mariano Vallejo stated that the river was named Uba by an exploring expedition in 1824 because of the quantities of wild grapes (uvas silvestres in Spanish) which they found growing on its banks.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,667 km² (644 mi²). 1,633 km² (631 mi²) of it is
land and 34 km² (13 mi²) of it (2.03%) is water. The county lies along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, the steep slopes making it prime territory for the sighting of hydroelectric power plants.