Nevada City, California | |
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![]() Broad Street, Downtown Nevada City | |
![]() Location in Nevada County and the state of California | |
Coordinates: 39°15′41″N 121°1′7″W / 39.26139°N 121.01861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Nevada |
Incorporated | April 19, 1856[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2.19 sq mi (5.68 km2) |
• Land | 2.19 sq mi (5.67 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) 0.17% |
Elevation | 2,477 ft (755 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,152 |
• Density | 1,400/sq mi (550/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 95959 |
Area code | 530 |
FIPS code | 06-50874 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1659211, 2411225 |
Website | www |
Nevada City (originally, Ustumah, a Nisenan Maidu village;[5] later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store)[6] is the county seat of Nevada County, California, United States. It is located 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Sacramento and 28 miles north of Auburn.
At the 2020 census, the population was 3,152.[4]