Elk Grove, California Elk Grove, California City of Elk Grove Old Town in Elk Grove Old Town in Elk Grove Official seal of Elk Grove, California Seal Official logo of Elk Grove, California Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Elk Grove Highlighted.svg Elk Grove, California is positioned in the US Elk Grove, California - Elk Grove, California Elk Grove is a town/city in Sacramento County, California, positioned just south of the state capital of Sacramento.
As of 2015, the populace of the town/city was estimated at 167,965. The second-largest town/city in Sacramento County, Elk Grove was the quickest burgeoning city in the U.S.
Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga entered the region in 1808, naming the valley "Sacramento Valley" with respect to Sacramento, the Holy Sacrament in Spanish, giving the northerly town/city of Sacramento of which Elk Grove is a suburb its name. A writer on Moraga's expedition wrote of the region: "Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current.
Elk Grove itself was established 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 later titled after it. In 1868 the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad came through about a mile east of Elk Grove.
At this new locale another hotel was assembled to accommodate travelers and was also titled the Elk Grove Hotel. In the following decades, Elk Grove remained a small farming improve with little urban development.
This set off a reconstructionof rapid suburban expansion which hit its peak in the years 2004 and 2005 when Elk Grove was declared the quickest burgeoning city in the US.
On July 1, 2000, Elk Grove incorporated as a city.
In 2008 Elk Grove suffered heavily from the subprime mortgage crisis due to its suburban nature. The Elk Grove Unified School District is the fifth biggest school precinct in California and one of the quickest burgeoning school districts in the nation.
Located close-by are California State University, Sacramento and the University of California, Davis, as well as St.
Elk Grove is also the home of the private six-year Universalist theological college Quest Seminary. In 2013, California Northstate University College of Pharmacy that offers a Doctor of Pharmacy degree program relocated to Elk Grove (near Interstate 5).
The new Elk Grove Public Library is positioned at 8900 Elk Grove Blvd in a undivided two-story building.
The Elk Grove Library also serves neighboring communities such as Vineyard, Wilton, Sloughhouse, and Rancho Murieta. Additional small-town libraries supplement neighborhoods, such as the enhance Franklin High Library.
The City of Elk Grove incorporated on July 1, 2000. It is a general law town/city with a council/manager form of government. Beginning in 2012, voters elect the mayor directly for a two-year term.
On November 8, 2016, Steve Ly became the second directly propel mayor following Gary Davis, and the first Hmong mayor in the United States. The remaining councilmembers are Darren Suen (District 1), Pat Hume (District 2), Steve Detrick (District 3) and vacant (District 4). Elk Grove is in California's 7th congressional district, represented by Democrat Ami Bera. The Elk Grove Police Department provides policing services for the town/city while the Cosumnes Community Services District runs the fire department.
According to Elk Grove's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 Elk Grove Unified School District 5,000 9 City of Elk Grove 289 Companies based in Elk Grove include ALLDATA, Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, and Frontier Communications of the Southwest.
Elk Grove is serviced by a fared bus fitness called e-Tran that encompasses many of the city's chief thoroughfares. Elk Grove is a sister town/city of Concepcion de Ataco in El Salvador. City of Elk Grove.
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According to 2010 US Enumeration figures, 26.3 percent of Elk Grove's populace is Asian and 1.2 percent Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander alone.
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https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/05/01/elk-groves-erik-armstead-looks-to-take-the-nfl-path-his-brother-didnt-get/ "Elk Grove's Arik Armstead Looks To Take The NFL Path His Brother Didn't Get"], CBS Sacramento, May 1, 2015.
"Former USC football player from Elk Grove sues over injected drug; Armond Armstead hospitalized for days", KCRA, August 31, 2012.
"Elk Grove native Lance Briggs plans to retire from NFL", Cincinnati.com, September 3, 2015.
"Where Are They Now: Bill Cartwright", Elk Grove Citizen, March 30, 2010.
"Cartwright has countless memories of those experiences, but when he sits down and begins reminiscing of his days in Elk Grove, stories of his teenage years start flowing out in sharp detail." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elk Grove, California.
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