Nevada County () is a
county
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located in the
U.S. state of
California
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, in the
Sierra Nevada. As of the
2020 census, the population was 102,241. The
county seat
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is
Nevada City.
Nevada County comprises the
Truckee-
Grass Valley
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, CA
Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the
Sacramento
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, part of the
Mother Lode Country.
History
Created in 1851, from portions of
Yuba County
Yuba County (; Maidu: ''Yubu'') is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 81,575. The county seat is Marysville. Yuba County is included in the Yuba City, California Metropolitan Statistical ...
, Nevada County was named after the mining town of
Nevada City, a name derived from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The word ''nevada'' is Spanish for "snowy" or "snow-covered."
Charles Marsh was one of the first settlers in what became Nevada City and perhaps the one who named the town. He went on to build extensive water flumes/ditches/canals in the area, and was influential in the building of the
first transcontinental railroad
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as well as the
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad
The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad (NCNGRR) (nickname: ''Never Come, Never Go'') was located in Northern California's Nevada County and Placer County, where it connected with the Central Pacific Railroad. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railr ...
.
Nevada City was the first to use the word "Nevada" in its name. In 1851 the newly formed Nevada County used the same name as the county seat. The bordering state of
Nevada
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used the same name in 1864. The region came to life in the
Gold Rush of 1849. Many historical sites remain to mark the birth of this important region in California's formative years. Among them are the
Nevada Theatre
The Nevada Theatre, also known as the Cedar Theatre, located in downtown Nevada City, California, is California's oldest existing theater building. Its principal periods of significance were 1850–1874, 1875–1899, 1900–1924, and 1925–1949. ...
in Nevada City, the oldest theater built in California in 1865. It operates to this day and once hosted Mark Twain among other historical figures. The Old 5 Mile House stagecoach stop built in 1890, also operates to this day as a provider of hospitality spanning three centuries. This historical site still features "The stagecoach safe" that is on display outside the present day restaurant and is the source of many legends of stagecoach robbers and notorious highwaymen in the California gold rush era. The gold industry in Nevada County thrived into the post-WWII days.
The county had many firsts and historic technological moments. The first long-distance telephone in the world, built in 1877 by the Ridge Telephone Company, connected French Corral with French Lake, away. It was operated by the Milton Mining Company from a building on this site that had been erected about 1853. The
Pelton wheel, designed to power gold mines, still drives hydro-electric generators today. Nevada City and
Grass Valley
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were among the first California towns with electric lights. The
Olympics,
NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeedi ...
, and virtually every
television station
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around the country utilizes video/broadcasting equipment designed and manufactured by
Grass Valley Group, founded in Grass Valley.
The
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad
The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad (NCNGRR) (nickname: ''Never Come, Never Go'') was located in Northern California's Nevada County and Placer County, where it connected with the Central Pacific Railroad. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railr ...
was built in 1876 and was the only railroad in the West that was never robbed, even though its primary freight was gold. (Builder-owner
John Flint Kidder
John Flint Kidder (1830 - April 10, 1901) was a politician, civil engineer and railroad executive who built and later owned Northern California's Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad (NCNGRR) which, during its operation, never experienced an attem ...
's reputation made it clear that he would personally hunt down and kill anyone who tried.) The rail line closed in 1942 and was torn up for scrap.
In Grass Valley the historic
Holbrooke Hotel opened in 1851 and housed
Mark Twain,
Bret Harte, and four
U.S. presidents (
Ulysses S. Grant,
Grover Cleveland
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,
Benjamin Harrison, and
James A. Garfield).
The Community of
Rough and Ready seceded from the Union for a time and became the
Great Republic of Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready is a census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States. It is located west of Grass Valley, California, approximately 62 miles (100 km) from Sacramento. The population was 963 at the 2010 census. It has freque ...
.
Nevada County is home to the
Empire Mine State Historic Park, which is the site of one of the oldest, deepest, and richest gold mines in California. The park is in Grass Valley at 10791 East Empire Street. In operation for more than 100 years, the mine extracted 5.8 million ounces of gold before it closed in 1956.
The
2001 Nevada County shootings
On January 10, 2001, a shooting spree took place in Nevada County, California, when 40-year-old Scott Harlan Thorpe opened fire with a semi-automatic pistol, killing three people and wounding three others in two separate shootings in the Nevada C ...
occurred on January 10, 2001, in which Scott Harlan Thorpe murdered three people in a
shooting spree
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. Two of the victims were murdered in Nevada City and a third victim was killed in Grass Valley. Thorpe was arrested and declared
not guilty by reason of insanity. He currently resides in
Napa State Hospital
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.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.6%) is water.
The county is drained by
Middle
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* Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits.
Places
* Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man
* Middle Bay (disambiguation)
* Middle Brook (disambiguation)
* Middle Creek (d ...
and
South Yuba rivers.
The western part of the county is defined by the course of several rivers and the irregular boundaries of adjoining counties. When the county was created, the founders wanted to include access to the
transcontinental railroad, so a rectangular section was added that includes the railroad town of
Truckee.
Nevada County is one of four counties in the United States to border a state with which it shares the same name (the other three counties are
Texas County, Oklahoma;
Delaware County, Pennsylvania; and
Ohio County, West Virginia).
Ecology
The county has substantial areas of forest, grassland,
savanna,
riparian
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area and other
ecosystem
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s. Forests include both coniferous- and oak-dominated woodland types. There are also numerous understory forbs and wildflowers including the yellow mariposa lily (''
Calochortus luteus'').
Adjacent counties
*
Sierra County - north
*
Washoe County, Nevada - east
*
Placer County - south
*
Yuba County
Yuba County (; Maidu: ''Yubu'') is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 81,575. The county seat is Marysville. Yuba County is included in the Yuba City, California Metropolitan Statistical ...
- west
National protected areas
*
Tahoe National Forest (part)
*
Toiyabe National Forest (part)
Demographics
2020 census
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
2011
Places by population, race, and income
2010 Census
The
2010 United States Census reported that Nevada County had a population of 98,764. The racial makeup of Nevada County was 90,233 (91.4%)
White
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, 389 (0.4%)
African American
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, 1,044 (1.1%)
Native American, 1,187 (1.2%)
Asian, 110 (0.1%)
Pacific Islander, 2,678 (2.7%) from
other races, and 3,123 (3.2%) from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race were 8,439 persons (8.5%).
2000
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 92,033 people, 36,894 households, and 25,936 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 44,282 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile (18/km
2). The racial makeup of the county was 93.4%
White
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, 0.3%
Black
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or
African American
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, 0.9%
Native American, 0.8%
Asian, 0.1%
Pacific Islander, 1.9% from
other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. 5.7% of the population were
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race. 16.4% were of
German, 16.3%
English, 11.1%
Irish, 6.8%
Italian and 6.6%
American ancestry according to
Census 2000. 94.0% spoke
English and 4.2%
Spanish as their first language.
There were 36,894 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were
married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $45,864, and the median income for a family was $52,697. Males had a median income of $40,742 versus $27,173 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the county was $24,007. About 5.5% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 9.5% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
Voter registration
Cities by population and voter registration
Overview
According to the
California Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Nevada County has 78,736 registered voters. Of those, 24,677 (36%) are registered
Democrats, 22,252 (32.3%) are registered
Republicans
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Political ideology
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, 9,426 (13.76%) are registered to another party and 7,845 (11.5%) have
declined to state a political party. In both 2000 and 2004,
George W. Bush won a majority of the votes in the county. In 2008,
Barack Obama
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carried the county with a 51.5%–46.2% margin.
2008 marked the first time Nevada County went for a Democrat since
Lyndon Johnson in
1964. In
2012
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, Obama lost by a narrow margin to
Mitt Romney
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, turning the county red once again, only for
Hillary Clinton
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to win it back in
2016 over
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of ...
.
Joe Biden won the county in 2020 with the largest share of votes for a presidential candidate in recent elections, continuing its Democratic shift.
Nevada County is split between California's
1st
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First or 1st may also refer to:
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Arts and media Music
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and
4th
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* the ordinal form of the number 4
* ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971
* Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision
* Fourth (music), a musical interval
* ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...
congressional districts, which are represented by and , respectively.
In the
state legislature
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Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
* The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the United Sta ...
, Nevada County is in and in the
State Senate, the county is in .
On November 4, 2008, Nevada County voted for
Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages by 3 votes, the narrowest margin of any county in the state.
Crime
The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.
Cities by population and crime rates
Transportation
Major highways
*
Interstate 80
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*
State Route 20
Route 20, or Highway 20, may refer to:
International
* European route E20
Australia
* Sturt Highway (NSW/VIC/SA)
* Yarra Bank Highway
Brazil
* BR-020
Canada
* Alberta Highway 20
* British Columbia Highway 20
* Manitoba Highway 20
*Ne ...
*
State Route 49
The following highways are numbered 49:
Australia
* Queensland State Route 49
**Wide Bay Highway
**Bunya Highway
**Moonie Highway
**Balonne Highway
* Central Coast Highway
Canada
* Alberta Highway 49
* British Columbia Highway 49
* Manitoba High ...
*
State Route 89
The following highways are numbered 89:
Canada
* Manitoba Highway 89
* Highway 89 (Ontario)
Israel
* Highway 89 (Israel)
United States
* Interstate 89
** Interstate 87 (North Carolina–Virginia) (former proposal)
* U.S. Route 89
* Alabama Stat ...
*
State Route 174
Public transportation
*Gold Country Stage, operated by Nevada County, runs fixed route bus service in Grass Valley, Nevada City, Penn Valley, Alta Sierra and Lake of the Pines. A connection is available between Grass Valley and Auburn (Placer County).
*
Tahoe Area Rapid Transit, operated by Placer County, has a route connecting Truckee with Lake Tahoe and the state of Nevada. Truckee also has its own local bus service.
*
Greyhound buses and
Amtrak
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's
California Zephyr stop in
Truckee and
Colfax.
YubaBusoffers Charter and Shuttle Bus service in and around Western Nevada County.
Gold Country Lift is the paratransit bus company providing door to door service for seniors and persons with disabilities in Grass Valley, Nevada City, and Penn Valley.
Airports
Nevada County Air Park is a general aviation airport located just east of Grass Valley.
Truckee Tahoe Airport
Truckee Tahoe Airport is a public airport two miles east of Truckee, California, United States. The airport is in both Nevada County and Placer County. It is owned by Truckee Tahoe Airport District, a bi-county special district. The FAA's Nat ...
is a general aviation airport in
Truckee, partially in Nevada County and partially in
Placer County.
Communities
Cities
*
Grass Valley
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*
Nevada City (county seat)
Town
*
Truckee
Census-designated places
*
Alta Sierra
*
Floriston
*
Graniteville
*
Kingvale
*
Lake of the Pines
Lake of the Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) and a gated residential community in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 3,917 at the 2010 census.
History
Lake of the Pines was laid out by property developers in th ...
*
Lake Wildwood
*
North San Juan
*
Penn Valley
*
Rough and Ready
*
Soda Springs
*
Washington
Other unincorporated communities
*
Anthony House – Nisenan Indian territory
*
Birchville
*
Blue Tent
*
Boca
*
Boreal
*
Cedar Ridge
*
Cherokee Township
*
Chicago Park
*
French Corral
French Corral is an unincorporated community approximately five miles west of California State Highway 49 in Nevada County, California.
It was one of the first of several historic California gold rush mining camps along the San Juan Ridge. The ...
*
Lake City
*
Malakoff Diggings
*
Moores Flat
*
Nevada City Rancheria – Nisenan Indian government settlement area
*
Norden
*
North Bloomfield
*
North Columbia
*
Ophir Hill
*
Peardale
*
Ready Springs
*
Sunset District
*
Sweetland
*
You Bet
*
Wolf
Ghost town
*
Meadow Lake (previously: Excelsior; Summit City)
Population ranking
The population ranking of the following table is based on the
2010 census of Nevada County.
† ''county seat''
Notable residents
*
Jennie Carter
Jennie Carter (c. 1830 – August 1881) was an American journalist and essayist who wrote for the California African-American newspaper '' The Elevator'' from her home in Nevada County, California during the Reconstruction Era. She used the pen ...
, 19th Century writer and journalist
*
Lyman Gilmore, a contemporary of the Wright Brothers who developed early powered aircraft and operated the world's first commercial air field in Grass Valley. There is also evidence he may have flown before the Wright brothers, though this claim is doubted.
*
Alice Maud Hartley, killed Nevada Nevada State Senator Murray D. Foley by gunshot in 1894
*Founding member of the British rock band Supertramp,
Roger Hodgson lives in Nevada County.
*
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, holding o ...
, President of the United States. Hoover lived in Nevada City as a young mining engineer after graduating from Stanford University.
*Former Troubled Assets Relief Program head
Neel Kashkari lives in the county as part of his "Washington detox."
*
Charles Litton Sr.
Charles Vincent Litton Sr. (1904–1972) was an engineer and inventor from the area now known as Silicon Valley.
Biography
Early life
Charles Vincent Litton was born on March 13, 1904, in San Francisco, California. His mother was Alice J. Vincent ...
, a resident and entrepreneur of Nevada County who assisted Raytheon in the development of the magnetron tube.
*
Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots and founder of Citizens for Self-Governance
*
Gertrude Penhall
Gertrude Penhall (also known as Gertrude Leah Barker-Penhall; 1846 – December 10, 1929), a California pioneer and early settler,
was also an American civic leader and clubwoman. She was one of the oldest residents of Nevada County, California ...
(1846–1929), civic leader, clubwoman, early settler
*Folk singer
Utah Phillips lived in Nevada County until his death in 2008.
*Former actor and television announcer
Edwin W. Reimers resided in Nevada City at the time of his death in 1986.
*Beat Poet
Gary Snyder currently resides in San Juan Ridge in Nevada County.
*
Clint Walker, actor.
*National Football League star
Ricky Williams lives in the county.
*
Chuck Yeager, pilot and first man to break the
sound barrier
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*
John Christopher Stevens, American career diplomat and lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from May 22, 2012, to September 11, 2012. Stevens was killed when the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, was
attacked in 2012 by radical Islamic terrorists. He was born in Grass Valley and is buried in the local cemetery. A memorial to him was created in Grass Valley's downtown area.
*
Joanna Newsom, an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Northern California, Newsom was classically trained on the harp in her youth, and began her musical career as a keyboardist in the San Francisco-based indie band The Pleased.
See also
*
List of school districts in Nevada County, California
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada County, California
Notes
References
*
Further reading
*Bean, E. F. (1867)
Bean's History and directory of Nevada county, California ... With sketches of the various towns and mining camps ... Also full statistics of mining and all other industrial resources Nevada, Cal.: Printed at the Daily Gazette Book and Job Office.
*Comstock, D. A. (1998)
Catalog of historical landmarks and dedicated sites in Nevada County, California NCHS books. Nevada City, Calif: Nevada County Historical Society.
*Comstock, D. A. (2004)
News and advertising in the early gold camps of Nevada County, California: Volume one – 1850 through 1852 Grass Valley, Calif: Comstock Bonanza Press.
*Comstock, D. A., & Comstock, A. H. (1999)
Nevada County vital statistics, 1850–1869 (and up to 1876 for divorces): births, marriages, separations, divorces, naturalizations, and deaths in Nevada County, California, as compiled from county records, cemeteries, newspapers, letters, diaries, and family records, plus a list of clergymen who served in Nevada County during those same years Nevada County pioneers series, v. 1. Grass Valley, Calif: Comstock Bonanza Press.
*Foley, D., Kelly, L., & Book, S. (1975)
The Maidu Indians of Nevada County, California
*Nevada County (Calif.). (1915)
Nevada County, state of California: the home of deep producing gold mines and prolific fruit orchards Grass Valley, Calif: Union Pub. Co.
*Nevada County Promotion Committee. (1904)
Nevada County, California: the most prosperous mining county of the United States, where good mines are found in a country with a pereect [sic] climate and all the comforts of civilization [Nevada City, Calif.]: Nevada County Promotion Committee.
*Pastron, A. G., Walsh, M. R., & Clewlow, C. W. (1990)
Archaeological and ethnohistoric investigations at CA-NEV-194, near Rough and Ready, Nevada County, California Archives of California prehistory, no. 31. Salinas, CA: Coyote Press.
*True, G. H. (1973)
The ferns and seed plants of Nevada County, California San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences.
*Wells, H. L. (1880)
History of Nevada County, California with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, residences, public buildings, fine blocks, and manufactories Oakland, CA: Thompson & West.
*Wyckoff, R. M. (1962)
Hydraulicking: a brief history of hydraulic mining in Nevada County, California Nevada City, Calif: Osborn/Woods.
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