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Folsom grew out of the California Gold Rush on the American River, where mining camps such as Negro Bar — today commemorated as Black Miners Bar — sprang up after gold was discovered in 1848.

The town was laid out in the 1850s by U.S. Army Captain Joseph Libbey Folsom, who hired engineer Theodore Judah to plan a railroad town called Granite City; after Folsom's death in 1855, the town was renamed Folsom in his honor.

On February 22, 1856, the first train on the first railroad in the West arrived in Folsom from Sacramento.

Folsom did not incorporate as a city until 1946, when residents voted 285 to 168 in favor — nearly a century after the town was founded.

Folsom State Prison opened in 1880 and is California's second-oldest prison, after San Quentin; it was the first prison in the United States to have electricity, and its quarry supplied granite for the foundation of the State Capitol.

Johnny Cash performed two shows inside Folsom Prison on January 13, 1968, recorded as the landmark live album At Folsom Prison, more than a decade after he recorded the song 'Folsom Prison Blues.'

Folsom actually has three state prisons within its borders: Folsom State Prison, California State Prison Sacramento and the Folsom Women's Facility.

In 1895, the Folsom Powerhouse sent electricity 22 miles to Sacramento in one of the first long-distance power transmissions in the United States; the powerhouse is now a National Historic Landmark.

Folsom Dam, completed in 1955, created Folsom Lake and submerged the Gold Rush town of Mormon Island; today Folsom Lake and Lake Natoma make the city a major hub for boating, swimming and trail recreation.

The 2020 census counted 80,454 residents in Folsom, living in about 30,000 households, and the city's population has since grown past 90,000.