In 1868 the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad came through about a mile east of Elk Grove. The air was like champagne, and (the Spaniards) drank deep of it, drank in the beauty around them." Įlk Grove was founded in 1850 as a stage stop for travelers coming from Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area, when the Elk Grove Hotel and Stage Stop was opened by James Hall and the town was named after it. Birds chattered in the trees and big fish darted through the pellucid depths. "Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current.
A writer on Moraga's expedition wrote of the region: Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga entered the region in 1808, naming the valley "Sacramento Valley" in honor of Sacramento, the Holy Sacrament in Spanish, giving the northerly city of Sacramento its name. One of Elk Grove's largest employers is the Elk Grove Unified School District, which is the city's second largest employer. It is a general law city with a council/manager form of government. The City of Elk Grove became the first city in California to be incorporated in the 21st century. between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005, and is also presently the second-largest city in Sacramento County by population. Elk Grove was the fastest-growing city in the U.S. Elk Grove has many wineries, wine cellars, and vineyards. A 2021 Census estimate puts the population of the city at 178,997. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 176,124.
Located just south of the state capital of Sacramento, it is part of the Sacramento– Arden-Arcade– Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States.
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