Elverta, California

Elverta, California
Census-designated place
Elverta, California Position in California.
Coordinates: 38°42′50″N 121°27′46″W / 38.71389°N 121.46278°W / 38.71389; -121.46278 [1]
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sacramento
Area [2]
• Total	8.842 sq mi (22.90 km2)
• Land	8.842 sq mi (22.90 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation [1]	52 ft (16 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	5,435
• Density	610/sq mi (240/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	95626
Area code	916, 279
FIPS code[4][5]	06-22524
GNIS ID[1][5]	1658496

Elverta is an unincorporated community northwest of Sacramento, California. It was named after Elverta Dike, whose husband donated property to a nearby church.^[6] It is in Sacramento County, California. The postal code of the city is 95626. In 2020 there were 5,435 people living in Elverta.^[3] Elverta is about 20 miles (32 km) from Sacramento, California, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) miles from Rio Linda, California, 6 miles (9.7 km) from Roseville, California, and 8.0 miles (12.9 km) from Antelope, California.

It was named after Elverta Dike, whose husband donated property to a nearby church.^[6] The community of Elverta/Rio Linda is on the part on the land grant of Rancho Del Paso of 1844. In 1910, a company named Fruit Land Company of Minneapolis got 12,000 acres (49 km²) of the grant and in 1912 the area was splited with Elverta and Rio Linda.

Elverta is an unincoporated community and it is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area; the metropolitan area including Sacramento (State capital and County seat of California), also Arden-Arcade and Roseville.

Elverta is at 38°42′50.4″N 121°27′46.8″W / 38.714000°N 121.463000°W / 38.714000; -121.463000 (38.723216, -121.45452)^[7]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unincorporated community has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.9 square kilometers).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Feature Detail Report for: Elverta". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
2. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places - California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Elverta CDP, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
4. ↑ "Elverta CDP QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "FIPS55 Data: California". FIPS55 Data. United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Information of Elverta, California". ePodunk. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
7. ↑ "Elverta, CA 95626". CA HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 2010-08-09.

• Official website of Elverta - Rio Linda on Sacramento County Website Archived 2010-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Elverta Joint Elementary School District Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
• First Baptist Church of Elverta Archived 2011-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Zip Code 95626 Detailed Profile
• Elverta, California Information Epodunk.com Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Elverta, CA Zip Code 95626^{[permanent dead link]}