Truckee
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Truckee | ||
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Donner Pass Road |
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Location in California | ||
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State : | United States | |
State : | California | |
County : | Nevada County | |
Coordinates : | 39 ° 21 ′ N , 120 ° 12 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | |
Residents : | 16,180 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 191.9 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 87.7 km 2 (approx. 34 mi 2 ) of which 84.3 km 2 (approx. 33 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 1773 m | |
Postcodes : | 96160-96162 | |
Area code : | +1 530 | |
FIPS : | 06-80588 | |
GNIS ID : | 1667886 | |
Website : | www.townoftruckee.com | |
Mayor : | Morgan Goodwin |
Truckee (originally Coburn Station ) is a city in Nevada County in the US state of California with 16,180 inhabitants (as of 2010). The urban area has a size of 87.7 square kilometers. It was founded in 1863 as a railway station. Its name comes from the river of the same name . The "Hotel Truckee", which has been in existence for 125 years, is a particular eye-catcher.
The town's original name was Coburn Station.
Transportation
Amtrak serves Truckee.
There is a free public bus operated by adjacent Placer County. The bus connects Truckees Train Station with the western shore of Lake Tahoe.
In winter there are also ski buses between Reno Airport and the Truckee ski areas. Greyhound travels west from the Amtrak station to Sacramento and San Francisco and east to Reno, Salt Lake City and Denver. There are also privately owned bus companies in the San Francisco Bay Area that take skiers to Truckee.
The Interstate 80 passes through Truckee. In essence, it follows the old emigrant route. Reno is 50 kilometers east on I-80. The north-south running State Route 89 connects Truckee with the western coast of Lake Tahoe.
Truckee-Tahoe Airport provides access to the North Lake Tahoe Recreational Area.
sons and daughters of the town
- April Stewart (born 1968), voice actress
- Caroline Lalive (* 1979), ski racer
- Win Butler (* 1980), singer, guitarist, pianist, bassist and songwriter
- Marco Sullivan (* 1980), ski racer
- Stacey Cook (* 1984), ski racer
- Errol Kerr (* 1986), freestyle skier
- Travis Ganong (* 1988), ski racer
- Annika Taylor (* 1993), British cross-country skier
- Lila Lapanja (* 1994), ski racer