Plumas County is located in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range of California. The county gets its name from the Spanish words for the Feather River (Río de las Plumas), which flows through the county. As of 2000, the population was 20,824. The county seat is the town of Quincy.

The Spanish originally called one of the tributaries of the Sacramento River El Rio de las Plumas or the "River of Feathers." The Legislature, in creating this county, gave it the name "Plumas" because all of the numerous branches of the Feather River have their origins in its mountains.

County Website: http://www.countyofplumas.com/

School District: http://www.pcoe.k12.ca.us/