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46-466: Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California , United States. As of the 2010 United States Census , the population was 16,180, reflecting an increase of 2,316 from the 13,864 counted in the 2000 Census . Truckee's existence began in 1863 as Gray's Station, named for Joseph Gray's Roadhouse on the trans-Sierra wagon road. A blacksmith named Samuel S. Coburn was there almost from

92-547: A campaign that included a boycott of any business that did business with Chinese. In 1891, lawman Jacob Teeter was killed in a violent gunfight with fellow lawman, James Reed (no relation to James Frazier Reed of the Donner Party). Constable Reed was among those accused of participating in the Trout Creek Outrage fifteen years prior. Truckee reportedly had one of the nation's first mechanized ski lifts at

138-513: A charter municipality, governed by its own charter, or a general-law municipality (or "code city"), governed by state statute. The first municipality to incorporate was Sacramento on February 27, 1850, while the most recent was Mountain House on July 1, 2024. Eight cities were incorporated before the state's September 9, 1850, admission to the Union. According to the 2020 United States Census,

184-751: A city. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 33.7 square miles (87 km), of which 32.3 square miles (84 km) is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km) (3.96%) is water, mostly Donner Lake and the Truckee River . Under the Köppen climate classification system, Truckee has a humid continental climate ( Dsb ) with Mediterranean like characteristics. Winters are chilly with regular snowfall, while summers are warm to hot and dry, with occasional periods of intense thunderstorms. Its location near

230-472: A high above 50 °F (10 °C). Freezing temperatures have been observed in every month of the year and there are an average of 228.4 nights with lows of 32 °F (0 °C) or lower – seven more than Fairbanks and only eight fewer than Nome – but only 6.0 nights with lows of 0 °F (−17.8 °C) or lower and 15.6 days where the high does not top freezing. Normal annual precipitation in Truckee

276-405: 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. Recent land clearing outside town limits may affect

322-423: A population of 16,180. The population density was 480.8 inhabitants per square mile (185.6/km). The racial makeup of Truckee was 13,992 (86.5%) White , 3,016 (18.6%) Hispanic or Latino , 60 (0.4%) African American , 95 (0.6%) Native American , 241 (1.5%) Asian , 15 (0.1%) Pacific Islander , 1,431 (8.8%) from other races , and 346 (2.1%) from two or more races. The Census reported that 16,137 people (99.7% of

368-571: A stupid Africanization." In 1874, White League members murdered Julie Hayden , a 17-year-old African American girl who was working as a schoolteacher in Hartsville, Tennessee . In his December 1874 State of the Union address, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant expressed disdain over the White League's activities, condemning them for their violence and for violating the civil rights of freedmen: I regret to say that with preparations for

414-511: Is 30.85 inches (783.6 mm); measurable precipitation (0.01 inches (0.25 mm) or more) occurs on an average of 87.0 days annually. The most precipitation in one month was 23.65 inches (600.7 mm) in December 1955, and the most precipitation in 24 hours was 5.21 inches (132.3 mm) on February 1, 1963. The wettest calendar year has been 1997 with 54.62 inches (1,387.3 mm) and the driest 1976 with 16.04 inches (407 mm), although

460-583: Is a state located in the Western United States . It is the most populous state and the third largest by area after Alaska and Texas . According to the 2020 United States Census , California has 39,538,223 inhabitants and 155,779.22 square miles (403,466.3 km ) of land. California has been inhabited by numerous Native American peoples since antiquity. The Spanish , the Russians , and other Europeans began exploring and colonizing

506-431: Is the coldest month with an average maximum temperature of 40.9 °F (4.9 °C) and an average minimum temperature of 16.3 °F (−8.7 °C). The record maximum temperature of 101 °F (40 °C) was on August 28, 1915. The record minimum temperature of −28 °F (−33.3 °C) was on February 27, 1962. Annually, there are an average of 8.4 days with highs of 90 °F (32.2 °C) or higher and 239 with

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552-1149: The California Secretary of State , as of February 10, 2019, Truckee has 9,910 registered voters. Of those, 4,336 (43.8%) are registered Democrats , 1,901 (19.2%) are registered Republicans , and 1,398 (14.1%) have declined to state a political party. The Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District provides K-12 education to Truckee and the Lake Tahoe area with six schools in the town itself. These consist of two elementary schools, one elementary-middle school, one middle school, and two high schools including Truckee High School . Amtrak's California Zephyr stops daily at Truckee station . A free public bus, operated by Placer County, California , connects Truckee station to Lake Tahoe, and to Incline Village, Nevada . Greyhound operates from Truckee station. Interstate 80 passes through Truckee. Truckee-Tahoe Airport provides general aviation. List of municipalities in California California

598-863: The Reconstruction Period , marked by the Trout Creek Outrage of 1876: By 1876, some 300 of the town’s residents, from workers to its most prominent citizens, had formed a local chapter of the Order of the Caucasians, also known as the Caucasian League , to drive out the Chinese. Truckee gained statewide notoriety that summer when late one night seven of the group's members, clad in black, surrounded and set fire to two cabins full of Chinese woodcutters who had refused to leave

644-466: The 2021 American Community Survey, 50.3% of residents were male and 49.7% were female. 22.2% of residents were under 18, 15.9% were 65 or older, and the median age was 41.9 years. 8.1% of the town's population were people with disabilities. There were 6,247 households, out of which 59.7% were married-couple family households, 18.8% had a male householder with no spouse present, and 12.5% had a female householder with no spouse present. The average family size

690-579: The Donner-Reed Party but now usually referred to as the Donner Party, became snowbound in early fall as a result of several trail mishaps, poor decision-making, and an early onset of winter that year. Choosing multiple times to take shortcuts to save distance compared to the traditional Oregon Trail , coupled with infighting, a disastrous crossing of the Utah salt flats , and the attempt to use

736-537: The Sierra Nevada crest at 1,798 metres (5,899 ft) provides conditions for winter storms to commonly deposit nearly a meter of snow in a 24-hour storm event and the occasional week-long storm event can deliver 2 to 3 metres (79 to 118 in) of snow. The National Weather Service reports that Truckee's warmest month is July with an average maximum temperature of 82.7 °F (28.2 °C) and an average minimum temperature of 42.4 °F (5.8 °C). January

782-404: The Sierra Nevada encountered his tribe. The friendly chief rode toward them yelling, “Tro-kay!”, which is Paiute for 'Everything is all right'. The unaware travelers assumed he was yelling his name. Chief Truckee later served as a guide for John C. Frémont . The Donner Party ordeal is arguably Truckee's most famous historical event. In 1846, a group of settlers from Illinois, originally known as

828-562: The State House, City Hall and arsenal for three days, withdrawing just ahead of Federal troops and ships' arriving to reinforce the government. Kellogg had requested aid from U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant; once the troops arrived, he was restored to office. President Grant sent additional U.S. troops within a month in another effort to try to pacify the Red River valley in northern Louisiana. It had been plagued by violence, including

874-1007: The White League and other paramilitary groups of the later 1870s worked quite differently. They operated openly, solicited coverage from newspapers, and the men's identities were generally known. Similar paramilitary groups were chapters of the Red Shirts , started in Mississippi in 1875 and active also in North and South Carolina . Their explicit political goal was to overthrow the Reconstruction government, and to do so they directed their activities toward intimidation and removal of Northern and African American Republican candidates and officeholders. Made up of well-armed Confederate veterans, they worked to turn Republicans out of office, disrupt their political organizing, and use force to intimidate and terrorize freedmen to keep them from

920-602: The White League's show of force and outright murders always overcame opposition. They were Confederate veterans, experienced and well armed. Later in 1874, the New Orleans Metropolitan Police , established as a state militia by the Republican governor, attempted to intercept a shipment of arms to the League. The League had entered the city to try to take over state government, in the aftermath of

966-732: The area in the 16th and 17th centuries, with the Spanish establishing its first California mission at what is now San Diego in 1769. After the Mexican Cession of 1848, the California Gold Rush brought worldwide attention to the area. The growth of the movie industry in Los Angeles , high tech in San Francisco and Silicon Valley , tourism , agriculture , and other areas in the ensuing decades fueled

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1012-481: The area. The vigilantes shot at the Chinese men as they ran out of the cabin, killing forty-five-year-old Ah Ling. Charles Fayette McGlashan , local lawyer and owner/publisher of the Truckee Republican , defended those accused in the Trout Creek Outrage and was a leader in the town's anti-Chinese movement. In 1886, the town's Chinese inhabitants, about 1,400 in number, were expelled from Truckee as part of

1058-451: The beginning, and by 1866 the area was known as Coburn's Station. The Central Pacific Railroad selected Truckee as the name of its railroad station by August 1867, even though the tracks would not reach the station until a year later in 1868. It was renamed Truckee after a Paiute chief, whose assumed Paiute name was Tru-ki-zo. He was the father of Chief Winnemucca and grandfather of Sarah Winnemucca . The first Europeans who came to cross

1104-420: The creation of a $ 3 trillion economy as of 2018 , which would rank fifth in the world if the state were a sovereign nation. California is divided into 58 counties and contains 483 municipalities . One, San Francisco, is a consolidated city-county . California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names. They can be organized as either

1150-516: The disputed 1872 gubernatorial election. In the subsequent Battle of Liberty Place on September 14, 1874, 5,000 members of the White League routed 3,500 police and state militia to turn out the Republican governor. They demanded the resignation of Governor William Pitt Kellogg in favor of John McEnery , the Democratic candidate. Kellogg refused and the White League briefly fought a battle resulting in 100 casualties. They took over and controlled

1196-576: The extremes by “rain year” are a maximum of 53.50 inches (1,358.9 mm) between July 1981 and June 1982 and a low of 15.91 inches (404.1 mm) between July 2000 and June 2001. Truckee has an average of 206.6 inches (5.25 m) of snow annually, which makes it the fifth-snowiest city in the United States, while snow cover usually averages 28 inches (0.71 m) in February, but has exceeded 115 inches (2.92 m). The most snow in one month

1242-541: The largest municipality by population and land area is Los Angeles with 3,898,747 residents and 469.49 square miles (1,216.0 km ). Amador City is the smallest municipality by population with 200 people and the smallest by land area at 0.31 square miles (0.80 km ). ‡ White League Although sometimes linked to the secret vigilante groups the Ku Klux Klan and Knights of the White Camelia ,

1288-652: The late election decided indications appeared in some localities in the Southern States of a determination, by acts of violence and intimidation, to deprive citizens of the freedom of the ballot because of their political opinions. Bands of men, masked and armed, made their appearance; White Leagues and other societies were formed; large quantities of arms and ammunition were imported and distributed to these organizations; military drills, with menacing demonstrations, were held, and with all these murders enough were committed to spread terror among those whose political action

1334-459: The late fall but were thwarted by freezing weather and disorientation. Only seven survived: two were lost, and six died. Those who died were used as food by those who remained. The Truckee camp survivors were saved by a Reed Party member who had set out ahead after having been ejected from the party months earlier for killing another man in a violent argument. Seeing that the group never arrived at Sutter's Fort, he initiated several relief parties. Of

1380-658: The massacres at Colfax in 1873 and Coushatta in 1874. The White League was effective; voting by Republicans decreased and Democrats regained control of the state legislature in 1876. A Battle of Liberty Place Monument was erected in New Orleans in 1891. The monument initially celebrated the Battle of Liberty Place, also known as the Battle of Canal Street, which was a failed coup d'état and riot led by White League paramilitary terrorists in September 1874. In December 2016,

1426-736: The original 87 settlers in the Donner-Reed party, 48 survived the ordeal. The Donner Memorial State Park is dedicated to the settlers and is located at the East End of Donner Lake . Truckee grew as a railroad town originally named Coburn Station, starting with the Transcontinental Railroad . The railroad goes into downtown Truckee, and the Amtrak passenger lines still stop there on the trip from Chicago to San Francisco . Truckee's Sinophobic movement had begun during

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1472-601: The pass near the Truckee River (now Donner Pass ) all caused delays in their journey. Finally, a large, early blizzard brought the remaining settlers to a halt at the edge of what is now Donner Lake , about 1,200 feet (370 m) below the steep granite summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains and 90 miles (140 km) east of their final destination, Sutter's Fort (near Sacramento ). Several attempts at carting their few remaining wagons, oxen, and supplies over

1518-480: The polls. Backers helped finance purchases of up-to-date arms: Winchester rifles , Colt revolvers , and Prussian needle guns . The first unit of the White League, founded in 1874, was composed of members of Christopher Columbus Nash 's force, mostly Confederate veterans who had participated in the Colfax Massacre. It expressed its purpose to defend a "hereditary civilization and Christianity menaced by

1564-637: The population) lived in households, 43 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 6,343 households, out of which 2,135 (33.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,443 (54.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 411 (6.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 314 (5.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 502 (7.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 43 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 1,382 households (21.8%) were made up of individuals, and 275 (4.3%) had someone living alone who

1610-411: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,354 people (33.1%) lived in rental housing units. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,864 people, 5,149 households, and 3,563 families residing in the town. The population density was 426.1 inhabitants per square mile (164.5/km). There were 9,757 housing units at an average density of 299.8 per square mile (115.8/km). The racial makeup of

1656-404: The population. The town is governed by a five-member Town Council, which elects one of its members as Mayor; the mayor presides over meetings and ceremonial events, but has no other special responsibilities. The mayor as of October 2024 is David Polivy, who previously served in that role from 2019 through 2022, and who is currently serving a term from 2023 through 2026. The first mayor of Truckee

1702-582: The site of the Hilltop Lodge. The historic Hilltop Lodge was converted to a restaurant in the 1940s by the Crandall Brothers, and eventually became Cottonwood Restaurant and Bar. There were possibly two rope tows and a Poma lift, which was installed in 1954. At the same location there was a ski jump constructed during the early 1900s that was designed by Lars Haugen, a seven-time Olympic ski jumping champion. In 1993, Truckee incorporated as

1748-569: The summit—sometimes by pulling them up by rope—proved impossible due to freezing conditions and a lack of any preexisting trail. The party returned, broken in spirit and short of supplies, to the edge of Donner Lake. A portion of the camp members also returned to the Alder Creek campsite a few miles to the east. During the hard winter the travelers endured starvation and were later found to have practiced cannibalism . Fifteen members constructed makeshift snowshoes and set out for Sutter's Fort in

1794-560: The town was 88.4% White , 0.3% African American , 0.6% Native American , 0.9% Asian , 0.2% Pacific Islander , 7.6% from other races , and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.8% 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

1840-728: Was Kathleen Eagan , who served from the town's incorporation in 1993 through 1995. In the California State Legislature , Truckee is in the 1st Senate District , represented by Republican Brian Dahle , and the 1st Assembly District , represented by Republican Megan Dahle . In the United States House of Representatives , Truckee is in California's 3rd congressional district , represented by Republican Kevin Kiley . According to

1886-712: Was 196.0 inches (4.98 m) in February 1938, and the most in a season was 444.30 inches (11.29 m) between July 1951 and June 1952. The maximum 24-hour snowfall was 34.0 inches (0.86 m) on February 17, 1990. The 2020 US Census reported that Truckee had a population of 16,729. According to the Census, the breakdown of the town's population by race and ethnicity in 2020 was: 12,946 (77.4%) White , 3,128 (18.7%) Hispanic or Latino , 31 (0.2%) African American , 92 (0.5%) Native American , 275 (1.6%) Asian , 9 (0.1%) Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander , 1,446 (8.8%) other races , and 1,930 (11.5%) from two or more races. Per

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1932-471: Was 3.07. There were 13,374 housing units, of which 49.4% were reported as vacant and 50.6% were reported as occupied. 12.8% of Truckee residents had moved: 4.1% of Truckee residents had moved within the same county, 5.2% had moved from a different county within California, 1.1% had moved from a different state, and 2.4% had moved from abroad. The 2010 United States Census reported that Truckee had

1978-403: Was 38.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.3 males. There were 12,803 housing units at an average density of 380.4 per square mile (146.9/km), of which 4,326 (68.2%) were owner-occupied, and 2,017 (31.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.8%. 10,783 people (66.6% of

2024-455: 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

2070-418: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54. There were 4,168 families (65.7% of all households); the average family size was 2.98. The population was spread out, with 3,769 people (23.3%) under the age of 18, 1,139 people (7.0%) aged 18 to 24, 5,030 people (31.1%) aged 25 to 44, 4,986 people (30.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,256 people (7.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

2116-417: Was to be suppressed, if possible, by these intolerant and criminal proceedings. The Coushatta massacre occurred in another Red River Parish: the local White League forced six Republican officeholders to resign and promise to leave the state. The League assassinated the men before they left the parish, together with between five and twenty freedmen (sources differ) who were witnesses. Generally in remote areas,

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