{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-23124","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 23124","heading":"","body":"The boundaries of Merced County are as follows:\nBeginning at the northwest corner, being the southwest corner of Stanislaus as shown on the survey map of A. J. Stakes, 1868; thence northeasterly, on southern line of Stanislaus to common corner of Tuolumne, Mariposa, Merced, and Stanislaus; thence southeasterly, by direct line, being western line of Mariposa, to Phillips’ ferry, on Merced River; thence southeasterly, on line of Mariposa, being line shown on “map of Mariposa County,” to Newton’s crossing on Chowchilla Creek, forming the southeast corner; thence down the northern side and on high water mark, being on line of Madera to the lower clump of cottonwood timber at the sink of said creek; thence south, 45 degrees west, to the centerline of a drain in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 6, Township 11 South, Range 13 east, M.D.B.\u0026M; thence along said centerline southeasterly to the centerline of Colony East Ditch Canal; thence southerly along said centerline to the south line of the north half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, said Township and Range; thence westerly along said south line to the northeast corner of the west half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said section; thence southerly along the east line of said west half to the south line of said Section; thence westerly along said line to the North Quarter corner of Section 18, said Township and Range; thence southerly along the north-south centerline of said Section and Section 19 to the south line of Section 19; thence westerly along said south line and the south line of Sections 24 \u0026 23 \u0026 22 \u0026 21 in Township 11 south, Range 12 East to a point that is south 45 degrees west from said clump of cottonwood timber; thence south 45 degrees west to the eastern line of San Benito, forming the southwest corner; thence northwesterly, by said line of San Benito and Santa Clara, to the place of beginning.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","DIVISION 1. COUNTIES GENERALLY [23000. - 23732.]","CHAPTER 2. Boundaries [23070. - 23296.]","ARTICLE 2. Boundaries of the Several Counties [23100. - 23158.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6364ec97704343e176dd5717235e49282a2d3f88a9185bee5f0e489e6d87cb03","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-23123","next":"us-ca/gov-23125"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}