Placer County

E18391
county county of California

Placer County is a county in Northern California that stretches from the suburbs of the Sacramento metropolitan area into the Sierra Nevada, including parts of Lake Tahoe.

Aliases (2)
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf county →
county of California →
borders El Dorado County →
Nevada County →
Sacramento County →
Sutter County →
Washoe County, Nevada →
Yuba County →
climate Mediterranean in lowlands →
alpine in high Sierra Nevada areas →
contains Auburn State Recreation Area →
Auburn, California →
Colfax, California →
Donner Pass vicinity (western approaches) →
Folsom Lake (northern and eastern shores) →
Granite Bay, California →
Kings Beach, California →
Lincoln, California →
Loomis, California →
North Lake Tahoe (California side) →
Rocklin, California →
Roseville, California →
Squaw Valley (Olympic Valley), California →
Tahoe City, California →
part of Lake Tahoe →
part of the Sierra Nevada →
country United States →
elevationRange from Sacramento Valley lowlands to high Sierra Nevada mountains →
establishedIn 1851 →
governmentType county government →
hasHighway California State Route 49 →
California State Route 65 →
Interstate 80 →
U.S. Route 40 (historic) →
hasIndustry outdoor recreation →
retail →
technology →
tourism →
largestCity Roseville, California →
locatedIn California →
Northern California →
namedFor placer mining →
partOf Greater Sacramento region →
Sacramento metropolitan area →
region Sacramento Valley →
Sierra Nevada →
seat Auburn, California →
state California →
timeZone Pacific Time Zone →
Referenced by (18)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Eldorado National Forest ("Placer County, California") →
Kings Beach ("Placer County, California") →
Northstar California ("Placer County, California") →
Squaw Valley ("Placer County, California") →
Tahoe City →
Tahoe Vista →
Ward Creek ("Placer County, California") →
locatedIn
El Dorado County →
Sacramento County →
Washoe County ("Placer County, California") →
borders
Nevada County, California ("Placer County, California") →
borderedBy
Northern California →
contains
Gold Country →
containsCounty
Mother Lode region →
extendsTo
American River ("Placer County, California") →
flowsThrough
Placer County government ("Placer County, California") →
governs
Tahoe City ("Placer County (former)") →
isCountySeatOf
Folsom Dam ("Placer County, California") →
locatedInCounty
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