Sacramento, California was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border.
 Due to the efforts of Hardin Bigelow, Sacramento's first elected mayor, the construction of the city's first levee was completed in early 1852 (the city became known as The Levee City)
The city is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River, and has a deep-water port connected to the San Francisco Bay by a channel through the SacramentoSan Joaquin River Delta

