Mortgage in Sacramento

Sacramento is the capital of the State of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located in California's expansive Central Valley, it is the seventh most populous city in California. As of 2006, Sacramento had a population of 457,514. The city is the core cultural and economic center of its five-county metropolitan area (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, and Yolo counties). With a population of 2.2 million, the Sacramento metropolitan area is the largest in the Central Valley, and is the fourth-largest in California, behind the Los Angeles-Orange County area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego area.

Sacramento was founded in December 1848 by John Sutter. Sacramento grew from Sutter's Fort, which was established by John Sutter in 1839. During the gold rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express and the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Typical of California informality, Sacramento is referred to by many nicknames. The most common names are Capital City, River City (after the Sacramento River and American River), and the City of Trees. The nicknames most used by those living in Sacramento are Sacto, Sactown or Sac.

The area where Sacramento started originally is called Old Sac. The Big Tomato, Sacratomato, and Sack O' Tomatoes are also used, despite the ongoing triumph of tract houses over tomato fields, referring to the perceived pastorality of Sacramento in comparison with San Francisco and Los Angeles.

California State University, Sacramento, also known as Sac State, is the local university. It is one of the twenty-three campuses of the growing California State University system.