Tides & Towns
Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta · CA

Sacramento

The capital, where the tide still reaches the river.

Population
524,943 (2020 census)
Laid out
1848
Capital since
1854

Then

  1. 1839

    John Sutter arrives and builds his fort, New Helvetia, the next year. Nisenan and Plains Miwok people live here.

  2. 1848

    John Sutter Jr. and Samuel Brannan lay out the City of Sacramento.

  3. 1854

    The legislature moves to Sacramento.

  4. 1862

    The Great Flood brings the worst flooding in the city's history. Downtown streets are raised over the next decade.

  5. 1863

    Construction of the transcontinental railroad begins here.

Now

Old Sacramento's cobbled streets are a big draw. The tide stations here run down the Sacramento River from West Sacramento to Clarksburg and Snodgrass Slough.

4 tide stations around Sacramento

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