Sacramento County, California

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Sacramento is the county seat of Sacramento County and the state capital of California. It is one of the original counties of the state, being formed in 1850.

Sacramento County Neighborhoods

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The Leland Stanford House — north-front facade. Alternate Title: Stanford-Lathrop Memorial Home; Building/structure dates: 1857 initial construction; subsequent work 1871 and 1959. 800 N Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. Image courtesy of the federal HABS—Historic American Buildings Survey of California; photocopy of 1902 photograph in Society of California Pioneers Collection. Accessed October, 2021 via Wikimedia Commons.

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TOWNS

• Carmichael
• Citrus Heights City
• Elk Grove City
• Sacramento City
• Antelope
• Elverta
• Fair Oaks
• Folsom City
• Galt City
• Gold River
• Isleton City
• Orangeville
• Rancho Cordova City

The county is named for the Sacramento River which was in turn named (Santisimo Sacramento — Holy Sacrament) by Spanish cavalry officer Gabriel Moraga. Moraga explored the central valley of California around 1807. In addition Moraga is credited with many of the region's place names including San Joaquin, Merced River, Kings River, Mariposa (butterflies) and Calaveras (human skulls).

HISTORIC SITES

• Alkali Flat Central Historic District
• Alkali Flat North Historic District
• Alkali Flat West Historic District
• Boulevard Park Historic District
• Brewster House
• Brown, John Stanford, House
• California Governor's Mansion
• California State Capitol
• Capitol Extension District
• Carly, J.C., House
• Cohn House
• Cranston-Geary House
• Ehrhardt, William, House
• Elk Grove Historic District
• Galarneaux, Mary Haley, House
• Goethe House
• Greene, John T., House
• Heilbron House
• Howe, Edward P., Jr., House
• Hubbard-Upson House
• Isleton Chinese and Japanese Commercial Districts
• Joe Mound
• Johnson, J. Neely, House
• Kuchler Row
• Lais, Charles, House
• Locke Historic District
• Merrium Apartments
• Mesick House
• New Helvetia Historic District
• Old Sacramento Historic District
• Rosebud Ranch
• Runyon House
• Sacramento Air Depot Historic District
• Sandy Cove
• Slocum House
• Southern Pacific Railroad Company's Sacramento Depot
• Stanford-Lathrop House
• Sutter's Fort
• Tower Bridge
• Travelers' Hotel
• Van Voorhies House
• Wagner, Anton, Duplex
• Walnut Grove Chinese-American Historic District
• Walnut Grove Commercial-Residential Historic District
• Walnut Grove Japanese-American Historic District
• Wetzlar, Julius, House
• Winters House
• Witter, Edwin, Ranch

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