Nevada City Nisenan: Ustumah | |
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 Broad Street, Nevada City Downtown Historic District, in 2020 | |
 Location in Nevada County and the state of California | |
  Nevada City Location in the United States | |
| 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] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Daniela Fernández |
| • Vice Mayor | Gary Petersen |
| • City Council | Doug Fleming Adam Kline Lou Ceci |
| • City Manager | Sean Grayson [2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.19 sq mi (5.67 km2) |
| • Land | 2.19 sq mi (5.66 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 (560/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 village;[6] later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store)[7] is the county seat of Nevada County, California, United States, 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Sacramento, 84 miles (135 km) southwest of Reno and 147 miles (237 km) northeast of San Francisco. The population was 3,152 as of the 2020 census.
- ^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ^ "Official Website". Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "Nevada City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ "US Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
- ^ Middleton, Elisabeth Rose (2008). "We were here, we are here, we will always be here": A political ecology of healing in Mountain Maidu country. University of California, Berkeley. pp. 387–. ISBN 978-1-109-10064-8. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ "Nevada City, Queen City of the Northern Hills". ncgold.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 1997. Retrieved July 21, 2008.