West Sacramento, California City of West Sacramento The Ziggurat Building on the Sacramento River in West Sacramento.
The Ziggurat Building on the Sacramento River in West Sacramento.
City of West Sacramento is positioned in the US City of West Sacramento - City of West Sacramento West Sacramento (also known as West Sac) is a town/city in Yolo County, California.
It is adjoining with Sacramento, but is separated by the Sacramento River which is also the county line, so West Sacramento is in a different county from that of Sacramento.
The traditional industrialized center of the region since the Gold Rush era, West Sacramento is home to a diverse economy and is one of the area's top four employment centers.
The United States Conference of Mayors titled West Sacramento as the Most Livable City in America in 2014 in the category of metros/cities with severaler than 100,000 residents. West Sacramento is part of the Sacramento Arden Arcade Roseville Metropolitan Travel Destination which has a populace (2000) of approximately 1,796,857. Major industries to the region include agriculture, government, and transportation.
In 1844, John Schwartz, a Flemish traveler, was the first Euro-American to permanently settle in the region of West Sacramento, which at that time was part of Mexico.
He assembled a shack on the west bank of the Sacramento River six miles (10 km) south of its connection with the American River.
One of the first businesses to be established in the town was the California Steam Navigation Company, which was thriving to the region in 1859 by how close the Sacramento River is to it.
Many of the travelers making the treacherous journey through the marshlands on their way to Sacramento were appreciative of the rest stop at the Town of Washington.
While Sacramento began to urbanize on the other side of the river, early West Sacramento found its hand at agricultural development.
The river settlement was flourishing, stocking fish markets not only in Sacramento, but in San Francisco as well.
The dairy trade also established roots in West Sacramento around this time.
After 1900, the three communities known as Bryte, Broderick, and West Sacramento were cumulatively known as "East Yolo".
The West Sacramento postal service opened in 1915. Officially incorporated as a town/city in 1987, these communities are what the City of West Sacramento is based upon.
In June 1963, the Port of Sacramento was opened to deep sea traffic with the culmination of the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel.
West Sacramento West Sacramento is positioned at 38 34 50 N 121 31 49 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 22.8 square miles (59 km2), of which, 21.4 square miles (55 km2) of it is territory and 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2) of it (6.22%) is water.
West Sacramento, which lies in Yolo County, is separated from the town/city of Sacramento and Sacramento County by the Sacramento River.
West Sacramento, incorporated in 1987, consists of three communities that were originally distinct towns, Broderick, Bryte, and West Sacramento (originally just the improve north of the port canal and south of the barns s), as well as the Southport area.
Southport, which comprises about half of the city's territory area, originally consisted of non-urban homesteads and small neighborhoods in Arlington Oaks and Linden, but now has a considerable populace that resulted from housing booms in the early 1990s and the early 2000s, adding new neighborhoods in Bridgeway, Gateway, River Ranch, and Newport.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, West Sacramento has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. In March, 2006, IKEA opened a store in West Sacramento near Reed Avenue and Interstate 80 in the Riverpoint Shopping Center.
West Sacramento is home to Sacramento-area CBS tv station KOVR and The CW station KMAX-TV.
The News-Ledger and the West Sacramento Sun are weekly, printed newspapers that serve West Sacramento.
The Sacramento Bee has the biggest circulation and subscribers in the city.
Raley Field, home of the Sacramento River Cats The Sacramento River Cats play in West Sacramento at Raley Field, which was also home to the Sacramento Mountain Lions team of the defunct United Football League.
West Sacramento is also the host town/city for the Sacramento Gold (NPSL) charter of the National Premier Soccer League.
West Sacramento is the home of the California Highway Patrol Academy, and the CHP Museum is homed on the same grounds. In 2007 2008 there were accomplishments to move the California Highway Patrol official command posts from Sacramento (in Sacramento County) to West Sacramento (in Yolo County), but these were ultimately unsuccessful. West Sacramento Early College Prep Charter Sacramento Valley Charter School Sacramento City College (W.
Raley's, a primary grocery store chain in Northern and Central California, has its corporate command posts in West Sacramento.
The pension fund Cal - STRS is based in West Sacramento.
15 City of West Sacramento 362 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that West Sacramento had a populace of 48,744.
The ethnic makeup of West Sacramento was 29,521 (60.6%) White, 2,344 (4.8%) African American, 798 (1.6%) Native American, 5,106 (10.5%) Asian, 534 (1.1%) Pacific Islander, 6,709 (13.8%) from other competitions, and 3,732 (7.7%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 13,036 citizens (26.7%) under the age of 18, 4,435 citizens (9.1%) aged 18 to 24, 15,129 citizens (31.0%) aged 25 to 44, 11,363 citizens (23.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,781 citizens (9.8%) who were 65 years of age or older.
28,012 citizens (57.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 20,394 citizens (41.8%) lived in rental housing units.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
Christopher Cabaldon, Mayor of West Sacramento since 1998 "California Cities by Incorporation Date" (Word).
City of West Sacramento.
City of West Sacramento.
"West Sacramento (city) Quick - Facts".
"New Orleans & West Sacramento Named "Most Livable" Cities in America" (PDF) (Press release).
Population in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in Alphabetical Order and Numerical and Percent Change for the United States and Puerto Rico: 1990 and 2000" (PDF), Enumeration 2000, U.S.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Sacramento, California "West Sacramento, CA".
Prero, Mike (September 2004), California Highway Patrol (PDF), Senate Bill 2147 sponsored by State Senator Jack O'Connell gives Commissioner Dwight O.
"Spike" Helmick the authorization to plan and construct a California Highway Patrol Museum on the Department's Academy grounds in West Sacramento.
Sacramento Business Journal.
Sacramento Business Journal.
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA West Sacramento city".
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