Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. Located just south of the allow in capital of Sacramento, it is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 176,124. A 2021 Census estimate puts the population of the city at 178,997. Elk Grove has many wineries, wine cellars, and vineyards. Elk Grove was the fastest-growing city in the U.S. between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005, and is along with presently the second-largest city in Sacramento County by population.

The City of Elk Grove became the first city in California to be incorporated in the 21st century. It is a general behave city afterward a council/manager form of government. One of Elk Grove’s largest employers is the Elk Grove Unified School District, which is the city’s second largest employer.

Spanish speculator Gabriel Moraga entered the region in 1808, naming the valley “Sacramento Valley” in honor of Sacramento, the Holy Sacrament in Spanish, giving the northerly city of Sacramento its name. A writer upon Moraga’s expedition wrote of the region:

Elk Grove was founded in 1850 as a stage stop for travelers coming from 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. In 1868 the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad came through very nearly a mile east of Elk Grove. At this new location different hotel was built to accommodate travelers and was named the Elk Grove Hotel.