Locke, California

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Locke, also known as Locke Historic District, is an unincorporated community in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta of California, United States. The 14-acre town (5.7 ha) was first developed between 1893 and 1915 approximately one mile (1.6 km) north of the town of Walnut Grove in Sacramento County. Locke (originally Lockeport) is a primarily agricultural community near State Route 160, south of Sacramento. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1990 as a unique example of a historic Chinese American (and several other cultures) within a small rural community. The population as of 2025 was estimated to be about 70, with about 3 Chinese Americans. The village of Lockeport (shortened to "Locke" in 1920) began where the Sacramento Valley Railway and Union Pacific Railroads merged at the southwest corner of the 490-acre swampland parcel (200 ha) deeded on July 6, 1883, to founder, George W. Locke, and his...

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