Nelson (formerly, Nelson Station) is an

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in Butte County,

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. It lies south-southeast of Durham, at an elevation of 121 feet (37 m). Nelson's first post office was established in 1873; its zip code is 95958. The place was founded in 1873 by the California and Oregon Railroad Company and named for an early settler, A.D. Nelson. By 1882 Nelson had two warehouses, a hotel, a store, a blacksmith shop, and a saloon, and was a major center of wheat shipment.

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is the major crop grown in the area today.

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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Butte County, California Populated places established in 1873 {{ButteCountyCA-geo-stub