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Truckee, California
Donner Pass Road
Location in Nevada County and the state of California
Coordinates: 39°20′32″N 120°12′13″W / 39.34222, -120.20361
Country	United States
State	California
County	Nevada
Area
- Total	33.8 sq mi (87.7 km²)
- Land	32.5 sq mi (84.3 km²)
- Water	1.3 sq mi (3.4 km²)
Elevation	5,817 ft (1,773 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	13,864
- Density	410.2/sq mi (158.1/km²)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	96160-96162
Area code(s)	530
FIPS code	06-80588
GNIS feature ID	1667886

Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 13,864 at the 2000 census.

Contents 1 Origin of name 2 Geography 3 Climate 4 Demographics 5 Transportation 6 Trivia 7 Books 8 External links

Truckee was named after the Paiute chief. The chief's real name was not Truckee, it was Winnemuca. The first people who came to cross the Sierra Nevada encountered his tribe. The people who found them were on a hill. Chief Winnemuca rode toward them yelling "Tro-kay!," which is Paiute for "hello." The settlers assumed he was yelling his name. [1]

Truckee is located along Interstate 80 at 39°20′32″N, 120°12′13″W (39.342163, -120.203568).^GR1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.8 square miles (87.7 km²), of which, 32.5 square miles (84.3 km²) of it is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²) of it (3.87%) is water, mostly the Truckee River, the only outlet of Lake Tahoe.

The National Weather Service reports that Truckee's warmest month is July with an average maximum temperature of 82.7° and an average minimum temperature of 42.4°. January is the coldest month with an average maximum temperature of 40.9° and an average minimum temperature of 16.3°. The record maximum temperature of 104° was on July 6, 2007. The record minimum temperature of -23° was on February 27, 1962. Annually, there are an average of 8.4 days with highs of 90° or higher; there an average of 228.4 days with lows of 32° or lower and 6.0 days with lows of 0° or lower. Freezing temperatures have been observed in every month of the year.

Normal annual precipitation in Truckee is 30.85 inches; measurable precipitation (.01 inch or more) occurs on an average of 87.0 days annually. The most precipitation in one month was 19.02 inches in February 1986. The most precipitation in 24 hours was 5.21 inches on February 1, 1963.

Truckee has an average of 198.3 inches of snow annually. The most snow in one month was 113.0 inches in December 1992. The maximum 24-hour snowfall was 34.0 inches on February 17, 1990.

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 13,864 people, 5,149 households, and 3,563 families residing in the town. The population density was 426.1 people per square mile (164.5/km²). There were 9,757 housing units at an average density of 299.8/sq mi (115.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 88.39% White, 0.25% African American, 0.59% Native American, 0.87% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 7.57% from other races, and 2.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.79% of the population.

There were 5,149 households out of which 37.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 18.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the town the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 36.8% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 112.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $58,848, and the median income for a family was $62,746. Males had a median income of $38,631 versus $29,536 for females. The per capita income for the town was $26,786. About 2.8% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.

Truckee's population has the potential to surge to 40,000 people in less than ten years as a result of increased development of previously forested lands in areas such as Martis Valley and the CA-267 corridor. However, the majority would most likely be vacationers, which would keep Truckee's year-round population relatively the same. Interestingly enough, while Truckee residents generally do not like the plan due to its potential impact upon the environment, it is the Boards of Supervisors of Nevada County and nearby Placer County who are approving the build permits, since the areas involved are outside town limits.

See also: Truckee (Amtrak station)

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Truckee. The city's passenger rail station is centrally located at 10000 East River Street in the heart of the historic downtown. Amtrak Train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, is scheduled to depart Truckee at 10:15am daily with service to Colfax, Roseville, Sacramento, Davis, Martinez, and Emeryville across the bay from San Francisco. Amtrak Train 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, is scheduled to depart Truckee at 2:43pm daily with service to Reno, Sparks, Winnemucca, Elko, Salt Lake City, Provo, Helper, Green River, Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Denver, Omaha, Galesburg, and Chicago.

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• The Donner Party was snowbound and resorted to cannibalism near the site that would later become Truckee. Many of the area's place names come from this group.
• When Truckee's Chinatown burned to the ground in the 19th century, the local newspaper jubilantly proclaimed: "Lucky Truckee! Chinatown Holocausted!"
• Truckee is famous for its annual rodeo.
• Truckee is the home of Donner Lake and the Donner Memorial State Park
• Truckee grew as a railroad town originally named Colburn Station, starting with the Transcontinental Railroad. The railroad goes into downtown Truckee and the Amtrak passenger lines still stop there on the services from Chicago to San Francisco.
• The four closest large ski resorts to Truckee are Squaw Valley, Northstar at Tahoe, Alpine Meadows and Sugar Bowl.
• The historic Donner Pass highway (U.S. 40) has been preserved as a scenic alternative to I-80, providing frequent places where motorists may stop to view and/or photograph the spectacular vistas of the area.
• Charles Chaplin's The Gold Rush was filmed in Truckee locations. The Old City Theater was called Charles Chaplin.
• Jack Kerouac's Character Sal Paradise from On the Road crosses Truckee on his way to San Francisco, "And Truckee itself, homey Truckee" says he. Later in the book he says "Home In Truckee, Home I'll never be." Tom Waits catches the phrase in his song On the Road
• Tahoe-Truckee High School has won several Nevada state athletic championships, even though the school is in California. Isolated from the rest of California by the Sierra Nevada crest, Tahoe-Truckee and four other California schools are members of the Nevada Interscholastic Athletics Association and compete with mostly Nevada-based high schools. Tahoe-Truckee's success has not gone unnoticed; with every state championship they win, calls to remove the California schools from the NIAA are renewed, but have so far been met with no success. Truckee's football team recently won back to back Nevada State football titles during the 2004-2005 football seasons. The Men's Varsity Soccer Team won the 2005 AAA Nevada State Championship with a 2-0 victory over Pahrump Valley High School.
• The Women's Varsity Soccer Team also holds the record number of state records held in the state record book. These include: number of goals scored in a game, number of games won in a season, number of consecutive undefeated games, number of consecutive state championships, number of games resulting in shut-outs, number of goals scored in a season and number of players to make All-State or All-League.
• Both Men's and Women's Varsity and Junior Varsity Nordic Ski Teams have been consistent winners of the Nevada State Championship races over the past decade.

• Darabi, P., & Sparksworthy, L. (2002). Women of Truckee making history: a collection of profiles of some of the exceptional and dedicated women in Truckee, California. Truckee, Ca: Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation.
• Hagaman, W. R. (2004). The Chinese must go!: the Anti-Chinese boycott, Truckee, California - 1886. Nevada City, California: The Cowboy Press.
• Gianpaolo Zeni, En Merica! L'emigrazione della gente di Magasa e Valvestino in America, Cooperativa Il Chiese, Storo 2005.

• Town of Truckee Official Website

• Truckee, California is at coordinates 39°20′32″N 120°12′13″W / 39.342163, -120.203568Coordinates: 39°20′32″N 120°12′13″W / 39.342163, -120.203568

• Tahoe-Truckee High School Official Website

• Truckee Real Estate

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Nevada County, California
County seat: Nevada City
Cities	Grass Valley | Nevada City
Incorporated towns	Truckee
CDPs	Alta Sierra | Lake of the Pines | Lake Wildwood | Penn Valley
Unincorporated communities	Rough and Ready | Washington