About the Lincoln, California Area 

The City of Lincoln is a friendly, rural community with a population of 33,000. Lincoln has historic small-town charm and features affordable housing, nearby lakes, three local golf courses, and hunting and hiking nearby. Lincoln offers open spaces and rural scenery and is convenient to all of the big-city amenities of the Sacramento metro-area.  

Location
The City of Lincoln is located in picturesque western Placer County, California. Lincoln is located east of Sacramento and just outside of Rocklin and Roseville. Lincoln is located about ten miles off the I-80 corridor along highway 65.  

Geography/Terrain
Lincoln is situated in the rolling hills of the western edge of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Fruit, nut and olive orchards surround the rapidly growing City of Lincoln. Pastoral scenery abounds, including luscious rice fields and panoramic pastures. Golden grasslands and magnificent Oak trees characterize this gorgeous area.  

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 47.4 km² (18.3 mi²). 47.4 km² (18.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.11%) is water. 

Distance to 3 closest major cities
Lincoln is just 30 miles East of Sacramento, about 24 miles west of Auburn, about 100 miles east of San Francisco, and roughly 90 miles west of Reno, Nevada.

Jobs
In the l920’s Placer County was the “Fruit Shipping Capitol of the World”, shipping out over 69 million tons of fruits and nuts from the county. Due to topography and weather, Placer County is still famous for its high quality fruit crops: peaches, plums, nectarines, persimmons, kiwi, strawberries, and citrus. Rice and the nursery businesses are the two top agriculture products in Placer County, and Lincoln continues to support a prolific ranching and farming industry.  

Lincoln is also is the home of one of Placer County's oldest businesses, the Gladding McBean terra cotta clay manufacturing plant, established 1875. Downtown Lincoln has a rich history, and the buildings are adorned with terra cotta architectural details from Gladding McBean & Co, adding character to Downtown.
Lincoln supports a wide variety of over 500 local retail and service businesses, with a very healthy and active Chamber of Commerce. Residents do not have to go far to find the goods and services they need, as well as local business opportunities. 

In recent years, Lincoln has grown popular as a place where people have come to settle down and enjoy their retirement. Also, many families and professionals have come to live in Lincoln. Workers can also commute to nearby large cities such as Sacramento, Roseville and Auburn. 

Housing
Lincoln is a small community that offers magnificent new subdivisions, stylish ranch homes and family style living. The rich history of the downtown sector mixed with the many new home developments and shopping centers make Lincoln unique. Lincoln is enjoying rapid growth while maintaining its small town character. In 2005 and 2006 Lincoln was named a finalist for the prestigious All America City Award, an honor bestowed by the National Civic League to recognize communities that have made major progress in meeting their most important needs. In 2005 Lincoln was also ranked among the top 100 places to live by Money Magazine.
Recent development in Lincoln has made it become California's second fastest growing city. Sun City (for over-55 homebuyers), Lincoln Hills, Twelve Bridges, and Lincoln Crossing are just a few of the new Lincoln communities. Beautiful Catta Verdera Country Club is at the top of Lincoln Hills, and the community offers luxurious homes priced at the higher end of the local price range.  

Overall, housing in Lincoln is very affordable with great single-family homes from the low $300's all the way up to multi-million dollars. Plus, many new home developments and Master Planned Communities have been offering huge incentives on new homes. 

Parks/Sports/Recreation/Golf
The City of Lincoln is located in beautiful Placer County, which as so many lakes, trails and forests to recreate in. Lincoln is close to Folsom Lake, which is a popular fishing, camping, and hiking destination for many outdoor enthusiasts. The Folsom Lake State Recreation Area also includes Lake Natoma, just downstream, which is popular for crew races, sailing, kayaking and other aquatic sports. 

Lake Tahoe’s famous ski resorts are about 2 hours from the City of Lincoln. In the winter, Lincoln residents can take day trips to the slopes. During the summer, Lake Tahoe is gorgeous. Mountains and forests surround Lake Tahoe, and outdoor activities range from bicycling to sailing. The California – Nevada state line runs through Lake Tahoe, and Casinos are located on both the North and South shores of Lake Tahoe on the Nevada side.  

Residents of Lincoln can take advantage of the four golf courses in town. The 18-hole "Turkey Creek" course at the Turkey Creek Golf Course features 7,012 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The Lincoln Hills Club facility has two 18-hole courses. The "Hills Course" and the "Orchard Course" are both gorgeous and challenging. The course at Catta Verdera Country Club At is 18-holes of picture-perfect golf, totaling 7,021 yards from the longest tees for a par of 72.  

The City of Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department offers many activities that are close to home. Lincoln Parks & Rec. maintains aquatic facilities for swimming lessons and an intra-mural swim team. A range of adult classes and teams are available, including golf, basketball, softball, volleyball, football and tennis. Youth and teen classes and camps are fun and educational. The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department maintains high quality facilities, rich programs and a great sense of community. 

Special Attractions/Events
Lincoln is a great place to call home. Many amenities are continuously being built to accommodate local residents. One of the area's nicest shopping centers, the Roseville Galleria, is just minutes away. 

Each year since 2002 the Lincoln Volunteer Center sponsers an annual Tour de Lincoln. The Tour is a benefit bike ride for the Volunteer Center that features a wonderful day of spring riding through the scenic back roads of Lincoln.  

Each Saturday during the growing season, Lincoln hosts one of the best Farmer’s Market’s in the region. Delicious produce picked locally that morning is sold in historic Downtown.  

Other neighborhood events include golf tournaments, artist studio tours, arts and crafts festivals, holiday parades, wine tasting and BBQ’s. The City of Lincoln is a close-knit community that can always find a reason to come together and have a good time! 

The region supports several major yearly agricultural festivals including the Roseville Strawberry Festival, the Loomis Eggplant Festival, the Mountain Mandarin Festival at the Gold Country Fairgrounds, The Auburn Harvest Festival in Auburn, Auburn’s Wine Festival, and the Placer Farm & Barn Festival. 

Interesting Facts/Historic Buildings and Places
The original townsite of Lincoln was surveyed and laid out in 1859 by Theodore D. Judah. He designed the new town along the proposed line of the California Central Railroad. The name "Lincoln" was chosen to honor Charles Lincoln Wilson, who was one of the directors of the California Central Railroad. The CCRR was planned as a rail link between the cities of Marysville and Sacramento via a connection to the Sacramento Valley Railroad in Folsom. The rails reached the site of Lincoln in early 1861. At this point, however, due to a lack of funds completion of the California Central was temporarily halted. For a time, Lincoln was the northern terminus of this new road. During that time, the town experienced a small-scale boom. Business, trade and homesteads established themselves in Lincoln. At the original auction, 46 lots were bought, and these new landowners would build the foundation for the City of Lincoln.  

Within a few years, the railroad line was estended to Wheatland, in Yuba County, and the first boom in Lincoln’s history came to an end. Most of its population and business moved on with the railroad, and the town settled into a lull until the 1870s. Civil War veterans found their way to Lincoln and planted orchards and grazed cattle on the hills near the fledgling town.  

Then, in 1875 a great discovery of rich clay deposits was made near Lincoln. The clay proved to be of superior quality for firing and molding into clay pipes. This led to the establishment of Gladding, McBean & Co. Lincoln became known for its pottery, ushering in a new era of prosperity and growth. The Company’s whistle has blown every moring at 6am for over a century! 

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