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West Sacramento (also known as West Sac) is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. The city is separated from Sacramento by the Sacramento River, which also separates Sacramento and Yolo counties. It is a fast-growing community; the population was 53,915 at the 2020 census, up from 48,744 at the 2010 census.
In 1844, Jan Lows de Swart, a Flemish traveler, was the first Euro-American to permanently settle in the area of West Sacramento. Jan, who came to be known as John Schwartz, built a shack along the west bank of the Sacramento River six miles south of the confluence with the American River.
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West Sacramento is a vibrant riverfront community centrally located in Northern California. It is recognized as an innovation leader in the region and a growing center of commerce, recently emerging as a hub for the food industry and related activities.
Aug 18, 2022 · Our story begins several thousand years ago, when the Patwin established villages on the western banks of what we now call the Sacramento River in an area we now refer to as West Sacramento. They flourished off the natural resources from the riverside. The first European known to settle in the area was Jan Lows de Swart.
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West Sacramento is a city of 54,000 people (2019) in Yolo County in the Sacramento Valley of California. West Sacramento is on the west bank of the Sacramento River, opposite the city of Sacramento. The traditional industrial center of the region since the Gold Rush era, West Sacramento is home to a diverse economy.
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