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Cities Located in the 279 Area Code
The most populous cities in area code 279 are: Sacramento, Folsom, Elk Grove, Roseville, and Loomis.
Other cities in the 279 area code include: Lincoln, Sloughhouse, Walnut Grove, Fair Oaks, Pleasant Grove, Isleton, and Courtland.
About Sacramento, Folsom, and Elk Grove, California
SacramentoSacramento (/ ˌ s æ k r ə ˈ m ɛ n t oʊ / ; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California, and the 35th largest city in the United States. Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783. Its metropolitan area is the fourth largest in California after the Greater Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego metropolitan area, and is the 27th largest in the United States. In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for Time magazine named Sacramento "America's Most Diverse City". Sacramento became a city through the efforts of the Swiss immigrant John Sutter, Sr., his son John Augustus Sutter, Jr., and James W. Marshall. Sacramento grew quickly thanks to the protection of Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839. During the California 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.The city was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border. The river was named by Spanish cavalry officer Gabriel Moraga for the Santísimo Sacramento (Blessed Sacrament), referring to the Catholic Eucharist.California State University, Sacramento, is the largest university in the city and one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. University of the Pacific is a private university with one of its three campuses in Sacramento. In addition, the University of California, Davis, located in nearby Davis, operates its UC Davis Medical Center, a world-renowned research hospital, in the city of Sacramento.
Folsom is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. Folsom is most commonly known for its infamous Folsom Prison. The population was 72,203 at the 2010 census.Folsom is part of the Sacramento − Arden-Arcade − Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento. It is part of the Sacramento – Arden-Arcade – Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2015, the population of the city was estimated at 167,965. The second-largest city in Sacramento County, Elk Grove was the fastest growing city in the U.S. between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005.
What Time Zone is Area Code 279?
The 279 area code lies within the Pacific Daylight Time Zone (or PDT). The current time in Pacific Daylight Time is 0:02 AM on May 05, 2024.