{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-23134","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 23134","heading":"","body":"The boundaries of Sacramento County are as follows:\nBeginning on the northern line of the county, at a point 10 miles north of a point which was, on the thirtieth of March, 1857, the mouth of the American River; thence easterly to the junction of the north and south forks of said river; thence up the principal channel of the south fork to a point one mile above Mormon Island, so as to include said island in Sacramento County, forming the northeast corner; thence southerly to a point on the Cosumnes River, eight miles above the house of William Daylor; thence south to Dry Creek, forming the southeast corner; thence down said Dry Creek to its entrance into the Mokelumne River; thence down the Mokelumne River to a point where said river divides into east and west branches; thence down the west branch to its junction with the east branch; thence down said river to its junction with the San Joaquin River;\nThence down the San Joaquin River to the mouth of the Sacramento River, at the head of Suisun Bay, forming the southwest corner; thence up the Sacramento River to the mouth of Steamboat Slough, formerly called Merritt Slough; then up said slough to the mouth of Sutter Slough; thence up said Sutter Slough to the Sacramento River; then up the Sacramento River to a point west of the place of beginning, forming the northwest corner of Sacramento; thence east to the place of beginning.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","DIVISION 1. COUNTIES GENERALLY [23000. - 23732.]","CHAPTER 2. Boundaries [23070. - 23296.]","ARTICLE 2. Boundaries of the Several Counties [23100. - 23158.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9bb68e4817542e493981cd1ada9457a1a4105e201e7275bf62af697961256036","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-23133","next":"us-ca/gov-23135"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}