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Mother of Counties Originally the county of Mariposa comprised about one-fifth of the State of California, stretching from the Tehachapi Mountains northward to Tuolumne County and from the Pacific coast range eastward to the Nevada state line. By 1893, the "Mother of Counties" was reduced to its present size after eleven other counties and parts of counties were subdivided from it. Mariposa has served as the County Seat since 1850. It was part of the 45,000 acre tract bought for $3,200 by General John C. Fremont.   
 
 
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