Welcome to the City of Sutter Creek
Use this website to learn about Sutter Creek’s city government, download agendas and minutes from our monthly City Council meetings, stay up to date with current announcements, read the Sutter Creek Newsletter… learn more about our government departments, check the weather and find us on Google Maps.
Are you a new resident? We have a page dedicated to you as well as answers to some of the most common questions posed by our citizens. See the “How do I?” section.
Sutter Creek is conveniently located just 45 miles south east of Sacramento making it the perfect place to live and play. Sutter Creek was incorporated in 1854, is located in Amador County and is 2.5 square miles with a population of approximately 2,600.
A wonderful balance of old and new, today’s Sutter Creek maintains its Gold Rush façade while catering to the wants and needs of its citizens as well as visitors from around the world.
City of Sutter Creek Vision Statement
We the citizens of Sutter Creek envision the future of our community as preserving our sense of the past and maintaining the historic integrity of our buildings, artifacts, landscape, greenbelt and natural environment with a strong sense of community and quality of life; and that our managed growth will honor the above, will be patterned after historic walkable neighborhoods and will include the educational needs of our community within these neighborhoods, clear edges between cities, thriving local businesses, parks, playgrounds and walking paths throughout the community, will generate revenues to meet community needs and will provide an inspirational planning model for other communities in the region.