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California
extends from 32° 20' to 42 north latitude, and be-tween 114° 20'
and 124° 25' west longitude. It was ceded to the United States
by Mexico, in 1848. It is 770 miles in length, and its maximum
breadth is 330 miles, minimum breadth 150 miles, the mean
breadth being 240 miles. In the family of States it ranks second
in size, Texas only having a larger territory. It has an area of
158,360 square miles, or 101,350,400 acres, more than
three-fifths of which, it is estimated, are susceptible of
cultivation, or may be profitably utilized for industrial
purposes.
According to the census of 1890, its
population numbered at that time 1,208,130.
Since the issuance of our preceding
edition there has been the usual number of newspaper changes in
this and other States mentioned in this work. The several
industries throughout the State have largely increased, and in
every branch and direction show unusual prosperity.
We give a brief description in the
following pages of the several counties, with a tabulated list
of the newspapers published in each.
California By County
Pacific States Newspaper Index
Source: Pacific States Newspaper
Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San
Francisco, 1894
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