Lincoln

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Lincoln is a city in Placer County, California, United States. The population was 11,205 inhabitants at the 2000 census. The original townsite was surveyed and laid out in 1859 by Theodore D. Judah along the proposed line of the California Central Railroad. The name Lincoln was conferred in honor of Charles Lincoln Wilson, one of the organizers and directors of the California Central.

When most of its population and business moved on with the railroad, the town settled into a lull until the early 1870s, when rich clay deposits were discovered nearby. This led to the establishment of Gladding the pottery for which Lincoln is famous, ushering in a new era of prosperity and growth.