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Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census , the population was 16,180, reflecting an increase of 2,316 from the 13,864 counted in the 2000 Census .
Once the Central Pacific Railroad was completed through Truckee in 1869, it became one of the city's main economic drivers; the Commercial Row district's businesses mainly catered to workers and travelers on the railroad. The Brickelltown district, meanwhile, housed and served workers in Truckee's other main industry, lumber.
Map showing the locations of the winter encampment at Truckee Lake where most of the Donner Party were trapped during the winter of 1846-1847, and its proximity to Alder Creek, where the Donner families stayed: Date: 2010: Source: en:File:Map of Truckee Lake and Alder Creek.png, an amalgamation of two sources: Johnson, Kristin (ed.)(1996 ...
Interactive map of Nevada County. Location in the state of California. Country: United States: ... Truckee: Town 16,180 2 Grass Valley: City 12,860 3 Alta Sierra: CDP ...
The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada.The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. [3] [6] The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin.
The lake is located in the town of Truckee, between Interstate 80 to the north and Schallenberger Ridge to the south. The tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad run along Schallenberger Ridge and closely follow the route of the original transcontinental railroad. [1]
Trout Creek is a small tributary of the Truckee River draining about 5.1 square miles (13 km 2) along the eastern crest of the Sierra Nevada.It originates east of Donner Ridge and north of Donner Lake in the Tahoe–Donner Golf Course and flows through the town of Truckee, California, to its confluence with the Truckee River in Nevada County, California, just west of Highway 267.
Boca was named by Judge Edwin Bryant Crocker of the Central Pacific Railroad in 1868 because of its location at the mouth of the Little Truckee River. [4] In Spanish, Boca translates to "mouth" and "river mouth". Crocker’s younger brother, Charles, was one of the four who oversaw the Central Pacific Railroad's construction and operation. [4]