Established in 1907 by Mobley Meadows, the Imperial County Sheriff's Office has been serving as the lead Law Enforcement agency in Imperial County for almost 100 years.

The Imperial County Pioneers Museum has generously provided some of the pictures for this pictorial history of the Imperial County Sheriff's Office.

Click on the name and date of each sheriff to see their picture and some shots of their time in office.

Sheriff                                 Term Began         Term Ended

Mobley Meadows

August, 1907

July 1915

Charles M. Applestill

July, 1915

December, 1921

Charles R. Gillett

January, 1922

December, 1930

George L. Campbell

January, 1931

December, 1934

Robert W. Ware

January, 1935

April, 1953

Rodney F. Clarke

May, 1953

December, 1954

Herbert H. Hughes

January, 1955

December, 1966

Raymond B. Rowe

January, 1967

June, 1973

Oren Fox

January 1975

December, 1974

J Leonard Speer

January, 1975

December, 1978

Oren Fox

January, 1979

January, 1999

Harold D. Carter

January 1999

Present