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Lodi began in 1869 when local settlers offered the Central Pacific Railroad a 160-acre townsite as an incentive to build a station there.

The town was first called Mokelumne and Mokelumne Station after the nearby Mokelumne River, before confusion with other towns prompted the name change to Lodi — early settler families likely brought the name from Lodi, Illinois.

Lodi was officially incorporated on December 6, 1906, after voters approved incorporation by a margin of 2 to 1.

Lodi had 66,348 residents at the 2020 census, living in more than 23,000 households with an average of nearly 2.9 people per household.

Lodi is the birthplace of A&W Root Beer — Roy W. Allen mixed the first batch in 1919 and sold it from a hot dog cart during a parade, and the spot is now marked with a plaque.

Lodi promoted itself from the early 1900s into the early 1980s as the "Tokay Capital of the World," thanks to the Flame Tokay grape that was introduced from Algeria in 1857 and thrived in its sandy loam soil.

The Lodi AVA now grows over 100 different grape varieties across more than 113,000 acres of vineyards, some with century-old vines, and Wine Enthusiast magazine named Lodi its Wine Region of the Year in 2015.

Winegrape culture pervades Lodi so thoroughly that even its police cars have bunches of grapes painted on their sides.

Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1969 song "Lodi" was named for this city, even though songwriter John Fogerty admitted he had never actually visited and simply thought it was the coolest sounding name.

Micke Grove Regional Park, just south of Lodi, holds a Japanese garden and the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, the largest museum complex in the county.