Elk Grove, California

Sacramento County

06-22020

Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States, with 131 212 inhabitants ( as of 2007) and is part of the agglomeration of the California capital Sacramento. The urban area connects directly to the southeast of Sacramento and covers an area of ​​109.0 km ². About a mile west of the city runs the California State Route 99 The geographic coordinates are: 38.40 ° N, 121.37 ° West.

The city of Elk Grove was formed on 1 July 2000 from parts of the former CDPs Elk Grove, Laguna and Laguna West -Lakeside. Before that, Elk Grove no church in the strict sense, but an area that is direct from the County of was administered. The name goes back to a house built in 1850, Hotel on the so-called Monterey Trail.

Elk Grove is next to Roseville in the north and in the east of Folsom one of the fastest growing cities in the suburban belt Sacramento. Between 2004 and 2005, it was even given the title of the fastest growing city in the United States.

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• Location in California
• Location in North America
• Sacramento County