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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. 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.

  4. Placer County, California - Wikipedia

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    Placer County, California. ( 2020) Placer County ( / ˈplæsər / PLASS-ərr; Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739. [4] The county seat is Auburn. [5] Placer County is included in the Greater Sacramento metropolitan 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. Sacramento Valley - Wikipedia

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    Sacramento River. The Sacramento Valley ( Spanish: Valle de Sacramento) [2] [3] is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies north of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the Sacramento River. It encompasses all or parts of ten Northern California counties. Although many areas of the ...

  7. Rocklin schools offering growing, full-day TK program ahead ...

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    Rocklin Unified School District is one of a handful of school districts in California now offering a full-day program for 4-year-olds. And enrollment is right around the corner.

  8. Northern California - Wikipedia

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    15,775,319. Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's 58 counties. [1] [2] Its main population centers include the San Francisco Bay Area (anchored by the cities of San Jose, San ...

  9. Geography of California - Wikipedia

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    Geography of California. Coordinates: 37°9′58″N119°26′58″W37.16611°N 119.44944°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 ...