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History of Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital of the State of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located in California's expansive California Central Valley it is the seventh most populous city in California. As of 2007, Sacramento had a population of 467,343. The city is the core cultural and economic center of its four-county metropolitan area (El Dorado County, Placer County, Sacramento County, and Yolo County counties). With a population of 2,042,283, the Sacramento metropolitan area is the largest in the Central Valley, and is the fourth-largest in California, behind the Los Angeles-Orange County, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego area. Greater Sacramento has been cited as one of the five "most livable" regions in America. America's Most Livable Communities. Retrieved on 2007-06-14. and the city was cited by Time magazine as America's most integrated.
Sacramento became a city due to the efforts of John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant, and James W. Marshall. There were settlers in the area before this time. The Dutch came in the 1820s. Sacramento grew faster due to the protection of Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839. During the California Gold Rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a Commerce and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the Telegraphy, the Pony Express, and the First Transcontinental Railroad.
Typical of California informality, Sacramento is referred to by many nicknames. The most common names are Capital City, River City (after the Sacramento River and American River), The Big Tomato, and the City of Trees (due to Arbor Day recognition as a Tree City USA for 29 years). The nicknames most used by those living in Sacramento are Sac, Sactown, or Sacto. The area where Sacramento was originally developed is still in existence as a tourist venue, and is simply named Old Sacramento, or Old Sac.
California State University, Sacramento, also known as Sac State, is the major local university. It is one of the twenty-three campuses of the California State University system.
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