Sacramento County is a county in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Sacramento, the state capital. As of 2008 the population was 1,394,154.
The Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of four counties with Sacramento being the largest. The County covers about 994 square miles (2,570 km) in the middle of the Central Valley, California's prime agricultural region. Sacramento County extends ...
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Sacramento County is a county in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Sacramento, the state capital. As of 2008 the population was 1,394,154.
The Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of four counties with Sacramento being the largest. The County covers about 994 square miles (2,570 km) in the middle of the Central Valley, California's prime agricultural region. Sacramento County extends from the low delta lands between the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers north to about ten miles (16 km) beyond the State Capitol and east to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The southernmost portion of Sacramento County has direct access to the San Francisco Bay.
Sacramento County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.
The county was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border. The river was named by Spanish cavalry officer Gabriel Moraga for the Santisimo...
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