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  2. Rocklin, California - Wikipedia

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    06-62364. GNIS feature ID. 0277586. Website. www .rocklin .ca .us. Rocklin is a city in Placer County, California, about 22 miles (35 km) from Sacramento, and about 6.1 miles (9.8 km) northeast of Roseville in the Sacramento metropolitan area. Besides Roseville, it shares borders with Granite Bay, Loomis and Lincoln.

  3. 37th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 37th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 37 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean . At this latitude the Sun is visible for 14 hours, 42 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 37 minutes during the ...

  4. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1906 the state mineralogist of California reported on 52 granite quarrying areas in 17 counties. [2] Many quarries were opened temporarily to provide stone for one or a few local or regional construction projects, but could not compete later when railroads allowed for economical transportation of heavy building materials to the area.

  5. Loomis, California - Wikipedia

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    Loomis (formerly Pine, [7] Pino, [7] Smithville, [9] and Placer [9]) is an incorporated town in Placer County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento – Arden-Arcade – Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town's population was reported as 6,836 in the 2020 United States Census.

  6. Educational Media Foundation - Wikipedia

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    Revenue. 175,719,561 United States dollar (2016) Website. www .emfbroadcasting .com. Educational Media Foundation (formerly EMF Broadcasting, abbreviated EMF) is an American nonprofit Christian media ministry based in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville . EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1 —the world's largest contemporary ...

  7. California Granite Company - Wikipedia

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    The California Granite Company, at 5255 Pacific St. in Rocklin, California, dates from 1865. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [1] It is an extractive facility which has also been known as Capitol Granite Co., as Union Granite Co., and as Big Gun Mining Co.. [1]

  8. Jessup University - Wikipedia

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    Jessup University is a private Christian university in Rocklin, California, with additional sites in San Jose, California and Portland, Oregon. The university had 1,743 (over 1650 full-time equivalent) students during the 2019–20 academic year. Founded in 1939, it had a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,289 in the fall of 2020 on a 126-acre ...

  9. Geography of California - Wikipedia

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    Geography of California. Coordinates: 37°9′58″N 119°26′58″W. Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces. California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2 ), California is among the most geographically diverse states.