Editing Elk Grove, California (section)

==History==
The [[Miwok|Miwoks]], a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe, once inhabited the area until the [[Territorial evolution of the United States|Westward Expansion]] of the United States, in which the Miwoks were relocated to reservations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HISTORY – Miwok of Elk Grove |url=https://elkgrovehistoricalsociety.com/history-miwok-of-elk-grove/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805185824/https://elkgrovehistoricalsociety.com/history-miwok-of-elk-grove/ |archive-date=2020-08-05 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Elk Grove Historical Society |language=en}}</ref> In 1808, Spanish explorer [[Gabriel Moraga]] entered the region, naming the valley "Sacramento Valley" in honor of ''Sacramento,'' the "Holy Sacrament" in Spanish, giving the northerly city of Sacramento its name.<ref name="sac">{{cite web |url=http://www.bycitylight.com/cities/us-ca-sacramento-history.php |title=Sacramento, California City History and Historical Figures |website=ByCityLight.com |access-date=January 2, 2016 |archive-date=February 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207034108/http://www.bycitylight.com/cities/us-ca-sacramento-history.php |url-status=live }}</ref> A writer on Moraga's expedition wrote of the region:<blockquote>Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current. Birds chattered in the trees and big fish darted through the pellucid depths. The air was like champagne, and (the Spaniards) drank deep of it, drank in the beauty around them. <ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.cathedralsacramento.org/ |title=Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament - Sacramento, California |publisher=Cathedralsacramento.org |date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116093832/http://www.cathedralsacramento.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>

Elk Grove was founded in 1850 as a stage stop for travelers coming from [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] and the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], when the Elk Grove Hotel and Stage Stop was opened by James Hall, and the town was named after it. He named the area Elk Grove because he found elk horns in nearby tree groves, and he lived in a town of the same name in the state of Missouri.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HISTORY – James Hall, Founder of Elk Grove|url=https://elkgrovehistoricalsociety.com/history-james-hall-story-founder-of-elk-grove/}} </ref>  In 1868, the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad came through about a mile east of Elk Grove. At this new location, another hotel was built to accommodate travelers and was named the Elk Grove Hotel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pleasant Grove Cemetery: Elk Grove's History|url=http://www.scoe.net/pleasantgrove/HISTORY%20OF%20ELK%20GROVE/ELK%20GROVE%27S%20HISTORY.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312093516/http://www.scoe.net/pleasantgrove/HISTORY%20OF%20ELK%20GROVE/ELK%20GROVE%27S%20HISTORY.html|archive-date=March 12, 2011}}</ref>

In the following decades, Elk Grove remained a small farming community with little urban development. In the late 1980s, suburban development projects began to arise around the community, specifically in the north near Sacramento. These were meant to serve Sacramento's population, as well as San Francisco commuters seeking a commuting community relatively near the San Francisco Bay Area where they could reside. Such changes triggered a period of rapid growth. On July 1, 2000, Elk Grove [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a city. The city's growth peaked in 2004 and 2005, when Elk Grove was declared the fastest growing city in the US.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2006 |title=Sacramento Suburb Tops Fast-Growth List |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-21-me-census21-story.html |access-date=June 16, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616082355/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-21-me-census21-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Apple Inc.]] manufactured its [[iMac]] line in Elk Grove as late as 2002. After many of those tasks were [[Offshoring|offshored]] in 2004, the facility was converted into the modern Apple Elk Grove campus.<ref name="Duhigg">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html|title=How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work|last=Duhigg|first=Charles|date=January 21, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=January 24, 2012|author2=Keith Bradsher|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829184015/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Apple invested $4.2 million into expanding the office space, expanding its already established AppleCare support presence in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple spends $4.2m on office space to expand Elk Grove presence |url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/10/11/apple-spends-42m-on-office-space-to-expand-elk-grove-presence |access-date=June 16, 2022 |website=AppleInsider |language=en |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629062042/https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/10/11/apple-spends-42m-on-office-space-to-expand-elk-grove-presence |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2008, Elk Grove suffered heavily from the [[subprime mortgage crisis]] due to its suburban nature.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/16/suburb.city/index.html |title=Is America's suburban dream collapsing into a nightmare? |website=CNN |date=June 16, 2008 |access-date=January 2, 2016 |archive-date=January 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117061233/http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/16/suburb.city/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2011, two [[Sikh American]] grandfathers were killed while out for a walk on Stockton Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two Killed Sikh Grandfathers To Be Remembered with Park |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/two-sikh-grandfathers-be-remembered-park-n619706 |website=NBC News |access-date=10 November 2024 |language=en |date=29 July 2016}}</ref> This led to a national public outcry by the community, raising safety concerns for the city's 3,000 Sikh community members.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Romney |first1=Lee |title=Attack on Sikh men triggers outcry in Elk Grove, Calif., and beyond |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-apr-11-la-me-0411-sikhs-20110411-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=11 April 2011}}</ref> The city completed the "Singh and Kaur Park" in 2021 to commemorate the lives of the slain men, and to raise awareness about the [[Sikh faith]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cleary |first1=Luke |title=Community groups celebrate the opening of Singh and Kaur Park in Elk Grove |url=https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/elk-grove/community-celebrate-opening-singh-and-kaur-park/103-4d9d13c8-8059-4992-8c23-4cbf2bbe7c25 |website=ABC10 |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=29 May 2021}}</ref> In 2020, Elk Grove elected Bobbie Allen-Singh as its new mayor, making her the first Sikh woman to hold the position of mayor in an American city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobbie Singh-Allen |url=https://newdealleaders.org/leader/bobbie-singh-allen/ |website=The New Deal |date=7 November 2024}}</ref> She secured re-election for her second term in 2022 and for her third term in 2024, achieving victories in both elections by progressively larger margins.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sacramento County - Election Night Results |url=https://results.saccounty.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=CIT&map=MPRC&shape=Nov2022&eid=2040 |website=results.saccounty.gov |access-date=10 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Who's ahead in Elk Grove elections? See early results for mayor, EGUSD and Measure N bond |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/ahead-elk-grove-elections-see-050011766.html |website=Yahoo News |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=6 November 2024}}</ref>