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Sacramento
County is an original county when California became a
state in 1850 and encompasses approximately 994 square
miles in the middle of the 400 mile long Central Valley,
which is California's prime agricultural region.
Sacramento is bordered by Contra Costa and San Joaquin
Counties on the south, Amador and El Dorado Counties on
the east, Placer and Sutter Counties on the north, and
Yolo and Solano Counties on the west. Sacramento County
extends from the low delta lands between the Sacramento
and San Joaquin rivers north to about ten miles beyond
the State Capitol and east to the foothills of the
Sierra Nevada Mountains. The southern most portion of
Sacramento County has direct access to the San Francisco
Bay.
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 Sacramento (Most Holy
Sacrament), referring to the Eucharist.
Alexander
Hamilton Willard of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is
buried in the old Franklin Cemetery.
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