Sutterville (also, Sutter, Sutter City, and Suttersville) is a former settlement in
Sacramento County,
California.
It was located on the
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...
south-southwest of
Sacramento,
John A. Sutter
John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant of Mexican and American citizenship, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area th ...
had
Lansford W. Hastings
Lansford Warren Hastings (1819–1870) was an American explorer and Confederate_States_of_America, Confederate soldier. He is best remembered as the developer of Hastings Cutoff, a claimed shortcut to California across what is now the state of Ut ...
and
John Bidwell lay out the town in 1844, south of his embarcadero on a low bluff overlooking the
Sacramento River.
In exchange, Hastings and Bidwell both received a share of the lots. It was in this settlement that George Zins built one of the first brick structures in California in 1847.
When the town of Sacramento developed at his embarcadero, Sutterville fell into decline.
The Sutterville post office operated from 1855 to 1860.
Sutterville was the site of
Camp Union, a major California Volunteer training camp during the
American Civil War.
Sutterville is also
California Historical Landmark #593.
References
Former settlements in Sacramento County, California
Former populated places in California
Populated places established in 1844
California Historical Landmarks
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