Graniteville, California

Graniteville
Location of Graniteville in Nevada County, California.
Location of Graniteville in Nevada County, California.
Graniteville is located in California
Graniteville
Graniteville
Location of Graniteville in California
Coordinates: 39°26′27″N 120°44′23″W / 39.44083°N 120.73972°W / 39.44083; -120.73972
Country United States
State California
CountyNevada
Area
 • Total1.488 sq mi (3.853 km2)
 • Land1.488 sq mi (3.853 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation4,977 ft (1,517 m)
Population
 • Total1
 • Density0.67/sq mi (0.26/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
95959
Area code530
FIPS code06-06057
http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq

Graniteville (previously: Eureka and unofficially Eureka South)[3] is a small, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Nevada County, California, United States.[4] The town sits on the San Juan ridge separating the Middle and South Forks of the Yuba River, approximately 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Nevada City.[5] The elevation of Graniteville is 4,977 feet (1,517 m) above sea level. As of the 2020 census, the population was just one, down from eleven in the 2010 census.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Graniteville, California. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
  2. ^ "US Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  3. ^ The author is indebted to Jacqueline Finley, a member of the Nevada County Historical Society, for researching and drafting a preliminary version of this history.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Graniteville, California. Retrieved on 2017-06-07.
  5. ^ Durham, D. L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazateer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press; Brown & Dallison. (1856; reprinted 2001 by Maria E. Fields Brower) Nevada, Grass Valley and Rough & Ready Directory, p. 14; Poingdestre, John E. (1895) Nevada County Mining and Business Directory, p. 107.