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Truckee is a town in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 13,864 at the 2000 census. Truckee's population has the potential to surge to 40,000 people in less than ten years as a result of increased development of previously forested lands in areas such as Martis Valley and the CA-267 corridor. However, the majority would most likely be vacationers, which would keep Truckee's year-round population relatively the same.

Truckee is famous for its annual rodeo.
Truckee is the home of Donner Lake and the Donner Memorial State Park.
Truckee grew as a railroad town originally named Colburn Station, starting with the Transcontinental Railroad. The railroad goes into downtown Truckee and the Amtrak passenger lines still stop there on the services from Chicago to San Francisco.
The four closest large ski resorts to Truckee are Squaw Valley, Northstar at Tahoe, Alpine Meadows and Sugar Bowl.

Truckee is located at 39.342163, -120.203568.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 87.7 km² (33.8 mi²). 84.3 km² (32.5 mi²) of it is land and 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) of it (3.87%) is water. Mostly the Truckee River, the only outlet of Lake Tahoe.

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