Nashmead (formerly, Nash) is an

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. It is located on the Eel River and

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DeLorme ''California Atlas & Gazetteer'' (2008) Yarmouth, Maine p.47 south-southeast of Spyrock, at an elevation of 814 feet (248 m). A post office operated at Nashmead from 1915 to 1960. The name honors J. Nash, its first postmaster. The name Nashmead was formed from "Nash's Meadows".

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