![]() Areas with high snowfall, including the Mohawk and Sierra valleys, were hunting grounds for game in the warmer months. They were decentralized and had no tribal leadership most bands lived along waterways in and around their own valleys. The Maidu lived in small settlements along the edges of valleys, subsisting on roots, acorns, grasses, seeds, and occasionally fish and big game. Prehistorically, the indigenous Mountain Maidu were the primary inhabitants of the area now known as Plumas County. The county itself is also the namesake of a native moth species, Hadena plumasata. The county was named for the Spanish Río de las Plumas (the Feather River), which flows through it. The largest community in the county is East Quincy. The county seat is Quincy, and the only incorporated city is Portola. ![]() As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,790. Plumas County ( / ˈ p l uː m ə s/ ( listen)) is a county in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S.
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