Category:North America/United States of America/California/Auburn/

Coordinates: 38°53′55″N 121°04′28″W 38.89861, -121.07444

Auburn

Auburn is a city in the county seat of Placer County, California, United States. The current population is 13,106 as of March 2009, according to city signs. It is well-known for its California Gold Rush history. One of its most famous citizens was the poet and short-story writer Clark Ashton Smith, who was born in Auburn in 1893 and lived there most of his life. Born and raised in Auburn, Stacy Dragila was the first to win an Olympic gold medal in women's pole vaulting. Tomas Arana, an actor most notible for his role in Gladiator, was born in Auburn. Also, the town is featured toward the end of British author Anthony Horowitz's book, Nightrise. Auburn is part of the SacramentoRoseville Metropolitan Statistical Area.^[1]

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