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 | |
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.