Calaveras County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 40,554. The county seat is San Andreas.
History
Calaveras County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Calaveras is named for the Spanish word meaning skulls, reportedly for the bones of fighters left behind after an Indian war that were discovered by Captain Gabriel Moraga.
