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Folsom, California

City of Folsom
City
Historic Sutter Street
Historic Sutter Street
Motto: "Distinctive by Nature"
Location in Sacramento County and the state of California
Location in Sacramento County and the state of California
City of Folsom is located in the US
City of Folsom
City of Folsom
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 38°40′20″N 121°9′28″W / 38.67222°N 121.15778°W / 38.67222; -121.15778Coordinates: 38°40′20″N 121°9′28″W / 38.67222°N 121.15778°W / 38.67222; -121.15778
Country United States
State California
County Sacramento
Incorporated April 20, 1946
Government
 • Mayor Andy Morin
Area
 • Total 24.301 sq mi (62.939 km2)
 • Land 21.945 sq mi (56.838 km2)
 • Water 2.356 sq mi (6.101 km2)  9.69%
Elevation 220 ft (67 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 72,203
 • Estimate (2015) 76,375
 • Density 3,000/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 95630, 95671, 95763
Area code(s) 916
FIPS code 06-24638
GNIS feature IDs 277516, 2410516
Website ci.folsom.ca.us

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 SacramentoArden-ArcadeRoseville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Folsom is named for Joseph Libbey Folsom who purchased Rancho Rio de los Americanos from the heirs of a San Francisco merchant William Alexander Leidesdorff, and laid out the town called Granite City, mostly occupied by gold miners seeking fortune in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Though few amassed a great deal of wealth, the city prospered due to Joseph Folsom's lobbying to get a railway to connect the town with Sacramento. Joseph died in 1855, and Granite City was later renamed to Folsom in his honor. The railway was abandoned in the 1980s but opened up as the terminus of the Gold Line of Sacramento Regional Transit District's light rail service in 2005. A few former gold-rush era towns are located within city limits of Folsom, including Prairie City, Salmon Falls, and Mormon Island (though these towns no longer exist).

Folsom hosted a significant Chinese American community when it was first incorporated, but arsonists burned Folsom's Chinatown in March 1886, driving Chinese Americans out of town.


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