What is Monterey County, California?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Monterey County, California | official_name = County of Monterey | other_name = | settlement_type = [[County (United States)|County]] | image_skyline = {{photomontage | photo1a = Monterey Bay Aquarium.jpg | photo1b = Main Street, Salinas.jpg | photo2a = Pebble Beach Golf Links, hole 7.jpg | photo2b = Nuestra Senora del la Soledad chapel.JPG | photo3a = Big Sur June 2008.jpg | spacing = 1 | size = 300 | foot_montage = Images, from top down, left to right: Monterey Bay Aquarium, Main Street in [[Salinas, California|Salinas]], the seventh hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Mission Soledad, [[Big Sur]] Coastline }} | image_flag = Flag of Monterey County, California.gif | image_seal = Seal of Monterey County, California.png | named_for = [[Monterey Bay]] | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[United States]] | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[California]] | seat_type = [[County seat]] | seat = [[Salinas, California|Salinas]] | seat1_type = Largest city | seat1 = Salinas | unit_pref = US | area_total_sq_mi = 3771 | area_land_sq_mi = 3281 | area_water_sq_mi = 491 <!-- Elevation ------------> | elevation_max_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1205|title=Junipero Serra Peak|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=March 16, 2015}}</ref> | elevation_max_ft = 5865 <!-- Population -----------> | population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 439035 | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = | population_density_sq_mi = 134 | established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] | established_date = February 18, 1850<ref name=csac>{{cite web |url= http://www.counties.org/general-information/chronology |title= Chronology |publisher= California S