Tracy, California
| City of Tracy | |
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| General law city | |
Downtown Tracy
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| Motto: Think Inside the Triangle | |
 Location in San Joaquin County and the state of California |
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 City of Tracy
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| Coordinates: 37°44′17″N 121°26′2″W / 37.73806°N 121.43389°WCoordinates: 37°44′17″N 121°26′2″W / 37.73806°N 121.43389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Joaquin |
| Incorporated | July 22, 1910 |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Manager |
| • Mayor | Michael Maciel |
| • Manager | Troy Brown |
| • State senator | Cathleen Galgiani (D) |
| • Assemblymember | Susan Eggman (D) |
| • U. S. rep. | Jeff Denham (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.139 sq mi (57.340 km2) |
| • Land | 22.003 sq mi (56.987 km2) |
| • Water | 0.136 sq mi (0.352 km2) 0.61% |
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |
| • Total | 84,691 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 93,746 |
| • Density | 3,800/sq mi (1,500/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) |
| ZIP codes | 95304, 95376–95378, 95385, 95391 |
| Area code | 209 |
| FIPS code | 06-80238 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 277621, 2412090 |
| Website | ci |
Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 82,922 at the 2010 census. Tracy is located inside a geographic triangle formed by Interstate 205 on the north side of the city, Interstate 5 to the east, and Interstate 580 to the southwest; this has given rise to Tracy's motto, now recorded on the city's website: "Think Inside the Triangle". Tracy is part of the greater San Francisco Bay Area
The origins of Tracy are related to the mid-19th century construction of Central Pacific Railroad lines running from Sacramento through and to the San Francisco Bay Area. Tracy is part of the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area, an extension of the Bay Area. A number of small communities sprang up along these lines, including the one named for railroad director Lathrop J. Tracy. Incorporated in 1910, Tracy grew rapidly and prospered as an agricultural area even when railroad operations began to decline in the 1950s. Beginning in the 1980s, Tracy experienced a growth spurt as people migrated to the city looking for affordable alternatives to Bay Area home prices, in addition to a more tranquil lifestyle. A steady period of growth ensued, as many companies found Tracy an ideal location for their distribution facilities.
Located in the Greater Bay Area, Tracy sits near both fertile and (due to a region of hills west of Tracy) infertile agricultural lands. Tracy has a Mediterranean climate. Some of this land (in the east and mostly north of Tracy because of the moist Delta river system) has come under increasing development pressure as the San Francisco Bay Area's vigorous population growth has spilled over into the Tracy area as well as other locations such as the new town of Mountain House (because of TRACY's Measure A in 1990) near the Bay Area's edge.
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