Nevada County, California

Nevada County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 98,764.[3] The county seat is Nevada City.[5]

Nevada County, California
County
County of Nevada
Images, from top down, left to right: Downtown Nevada City, Donner Lake, a scene in Rough and Ready, the Bridgeport Covered Bridge
Seal
Location in the state of California
California's location in the United States
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Sierra Nevada
Metropolitan area	Greater Sacramento
Incorporated	April 25, 1851[1]
Named for	Nevada City, which is named after the Spanish word for "snow-covered"
County seat	Nevada City
Largest city	Truckee (population and area)
Government
• Body	Board of Supervisors
Area
• Total	974 sq mi (2,520 km^2)
• Land	958 sq mi (2,480 km^2)
• Water	16 sq mi (40 km^2)
Highest elevation [2]	9,152 ft (2,790 m)
Population  (April 1, 2010)[3]
• Total	98,764
• Estimate  (2019)[4]	99,755
• Density	100/sq mi (39/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Area code	530
FIPS code	06-057
GNIS feature ID	1682927
Website	www.mynevadacounty.com

Nevada County comprises the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Sacramento-Roseville, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is in the Mother Lode Country.

History

Martis Creek Lake and Dam at the southern end of Nevada County near Truckee. At full pool the lake extends into Placer County in the distance to the south.

Martis Creek Lake and Dam in Nevada County. This picture was actually taken over Placer County, looking north into Nevada County.

Created in 1851, from portions of Yuba County, 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."[6]

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 used the same name in 1861. 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 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.

Gold nugget of about 6 troy ounces, from the Yuba River placers of Nevada County. Size: 8.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm.

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, 58 miles (93 km) away.[7] 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 were among the first California towns with electric lights. The Olympics, NASA, and virtually every television station around the country utilizes video/broadcasting equipment designed and manufactured by Grass Valley Group, founded in Grass Valley.

The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 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'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, 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.

Nevada County is home to the Empire Mine Historic State 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 occurred on January 10, 2001, in which Scott Harlan Thorpe murdered three people in a shooting spree. 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.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 974 square miles (2,520 km²), of which 958 square miles (2,480 km²) is land and 16 square miles (41 km²) (1.6%) is water.[8] The county is drained by Middle and South Yuba rivers.[9]

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. What is remarkable about this is that the final shape of the county closely resembles the Deringer pocket pistol, a favorite at the time of the more urbane residents of this gold rush county.

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 area and other ecosystems. Forests include both coniferous- and oak-dominated woodland types. There are also numerous understory forbs and wildflowers including the yellow mariposa lily (Calochortus luteus).[10]

Adjacent counties

• Sierra County - north
• Washoe County, Nevada - east
• Placer County - south
• Yuba County - west

National protected areas

• Tahoe National Forest (part)
• Toiyabe National Forest (part)

Demographics

2011

Population, race, and income
Total population[11]	98,392
White[11]	90,896	92.4%
Black or African American[11]	522	0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native[11]	1,184	1.2%
Asian[11]	1,370	1.4%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander[11]	188	0.2%
Some other race[11]	1,785	1.8%
Two or more races[11]	2,447	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[12]	8,185	8.3%
Per capita income[13]	$31,607
Median household income[14]	$58,077
Median family income[15]	$69,807

Places by population, race, and income

Places by population and race
Place	Type[16]	Population[11]	White[11]	Other[11] [note 1]	Asian[11]	Black or African American[11]	Native American[11] [note 2]	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[12]
Alta Sierra	CDP	6,888	93.6%	3.7%	1.5%	0.0%	1.2%	8.2%
Floriston	CDP	35	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Graniteville	CDP	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Grass Valley	City	12,793	87.4%	4.3%	2.0%	0.9%	5.4%	14.7%
Kingvale ‡	CDP	158	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Lake of the Pines	CDP	3,684	92.3%	5.0%	1.8%	0.4%	0.4%	6.4%
Lake Wildwood	CDP	5,666	94.8%	3.3%	0.3%	0.0%	1.6%	8.7%
Nevada City	City	3,081	88.4%	3.2%	6.0%	0.8%	1.5%	10.5%
North San Juan	CDP	158	60.8%	39.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Penn Valley	CDP	1,328	99.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.7%
Rough and Ready	CDP	891	98.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Soda Springs	CDP	126	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Truckee	Town	16,009	91.0%	6.0%	1.9%	0.4%	0.7%	18.0%
Washington	CDP	19	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
‡ Data for Nevada County area of this CDP

Places by population and income
Place	Type[16]	Population[17]	Per capita income[13]	Median household income[14]	Median family income[15]
Alta Sierra	CDP	6,888	$36,287	$69,539	$74,926
Floriston	CDP	35	$38,829	$97,639	$97,639
Graniteville	CDP	0	[18]	[18]	[18]
Grass Valley	City	12,793	$24,302	$35,843	$41,058
Kingvale ‡	CDP	158	$86,545	$250,001	$59,722
Lake of the Pines	CDP	3,684	$38,503	$76,816	$96,984
Lake Wildwood	CDP	5,666	$35,617	$76,056	$80,705
Nevada City	City	3,081	$29,833	$55,192	$68,032
North San Juan	CDP	158	$20,051	$47,692	$24,167
Penn Valley	CDP	1,328	$20,344	$39,583	$51,989
Rough and Ready	CDP	891	$23,579	$39,037	$46,875
Soda Springs	CDP	126	$25,465	$40,969	[18]
Truckee	Town	16,009	$32,526	$68,173	$76,031
Washington	CDP	19	[18]	[18]	[18]
‡ Data for Nevada County area of this CDP

2010

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1860	16,446		—
1870	19,134		16.3%
1880	20,823		8.8%
1890	17,369		−16.6%
1900	17,789		2.4%
1910	14,955		−15.9%
1920	10,850		−27.4%
1930	10,596		−2.3%
1940	19,283		82.0%
1950	19,888		3.1%
1960	20,911		5.1%
1970	26,346		26.0%
1980	51,645		96.0%
1990	78,510		52.0%
2000	92,033		17.2%
2010	98,764		7.3%
Est. 2019	99,755	[4]	1.0%
US Decennial Census[19] 1790–1960[20] 1900–1990[21] 1990–2000[22] 2010–2015[3]

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, 389 (0.4%) African American, 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 or Latino of any race were 8,439 persons (8.5%).[23]

Population reported at 2010 United States Census
The County	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Nevada County	98,764	90,233	389	1,044	1,187	110	2,678	3,123	8,439
Incorporated cities and towns	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Grass Valley	12,860	11,493	46	208	188	9	419	497	1,341
Nevada City	3,068	2,837	26	28	46	0	40	91	205
Truckee	16,180	13,992	60	95	241	15	1,431	346	3,016
Census-designated places	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Alta Sierra	6,911	6,436	18	55	73	9	122	198	488
Floriston	73	67	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
Graniteville	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kingvale‡	141	133	1	1	0	1	2	3	6
Lake of the Pines	3,917	3,669	5	20	65	7	24	127	246
Lake Wildwood	4,991	4,726	17	46	56	10	32	104	272
North San Juan	269	224	1	12	11	0	0	21	9
Penn Valley	1,621	1,434	9	34	23	0	31	90	143
Rough and Ready	963	886	3	6	16	6	11	35	56
Soda Springs	81	79	0	2	0	0	0	0	7
Washington	185	166	1	4	0	0	4	10	11
Other unincorporated areas	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
All others not CDPs (combined)	47,493	44,080	202	529	468	53	562	1,599	2,639
‡ Note: these numbers reflect only the portion of this CDP in Nevada County

2000

As of the census[24] of 2000, there were 92,033 people, 36,894 households, and 25,936 families residing in the county. The population density was 96 people per square mile (37/km²). There were 44,282 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile (18/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 93.4% White, 0.3% Black or African American, 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 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 for the county was $24,007. About 5.5% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.5% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Voter registration

Population and registered voters
Total population[11]	98,392
Registered voters[25][note 3]	61,557	62.6%
Democratic[25]	20,298	33.0%
Republican[25]	23,315	37.9%
Democratic–Republican spread[25]	-3,017	-4.9%
American Independent[25]	2,208	3.6%
Green[25]	1,421	2.3%
Libertarian[25]	585	1.0%
Peace and Freedom[25]	140	0.2%
Americans Elect[25]	1	0.0%
Other[25]	140	0.2%
No party preference[25]	13,449	21.8%

Cities by population and voter registration

Cities by population and voter registration
City	Population[11]	Registered voters[25] [note 3]	Democratic[25]	Republican[25]	D–R spread[25]	Other[25]	No party preference[25]
Grass Valley	12,793	50.4%	36.9%	33.4%	+3.5%	10.7%	22.7%
Nevada City	3,081	67.2%	44.5%	22.1%	+22.4%	13.3%	23.7%
Truckee	16,009	52.8%	39.4%	24.4%	+15.0%	11.4%	28.8%
Unincorporated Nevada County	66,509	67.0%	30.6%	41.8%	-11.2%	5.8%	20.3%

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, 9,426 (13.76%) are registered to another party and 7,845 (11.5%) have declined to state a political party.[26] In both 2000 and 2004, George W. Bush won a majority of the votes in the county. In 2008, Barack Obama 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, Obama lost by a narrow margin to Mitt Romney, turning the county red once again, only for Hillary Clinton to win it back in 2016 over Donald Trump.

Presidential election results

Nevada County vote
by party in presidential elections[27]

Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2016	42.53% 23,365	47.43% 26,053	10.05% 5,517
2012	48.35% 24,986	47.73% 24,663	3.92% 2,027
2008	46.12% 25,663	51.43% 28,617	2.46% 1,367
2004	53.39% 28,790	44.92% 24,220	1.69% 910
2000	54.76% 25,998	37.22% 17,670	8.02% 3,811
1996	50.40% 21,784	35.56% 15,369	14.03% 6,066
1992	39.24% 17,343	34.92% 15,433	25.85% 11,425
1988	57.76% 21,383	40.46% 14,980	1.78% 660
1984	62.36% 19,809	35.25% 11,198	2.40% 761
1980	57.91% 15,207	28.96% 7,605	13.13% 3,449
1976	48.40% 8,170	46.95% 7,926	4.65% 785
1972	54.68% 8,004	38.89% 5,693	6.43% 941
1968	51.39% 6,061	39.06% 4,607	9.55% 1,126
1964	43.29% 4,899	56.52% 6,397	0.19% 22
1960	53.44% 5,419	45.69% 4,633	0.88% 89
1956	59.69% 5,475	39.98% 3,667	0.34% 31
1952	64.04% 6,819	35.08% 3,735	0.88% 94
1948	47.05% 3,917	47.01% 3,914	5.95% 495
1944	44.42% 2,648	54.79% 3,266	0.79% 47
1940	32.69% 2,863	66.01% 5,782	1.30% 114
1936	26.83% 1,913	71.91% 5,128	1.26% 90
1932	32.92% 1,842	63.33% 3,544	3.75% 210
1928	52.00% 2,173	46.88% 1,959	1.12% 47
1924	42.23% 1,513	8.57% 307	49.20% 1,763
1920	64.97% 2,055	23.62% 747	11.41% 361
1916	35.22% 1,586	56.58% 2,548	8.19% 369
1912	0.57% 23	46.11% 1,851	53.31% 2,140
1908	50.86% 1,825	38.13% 1,368	11.01% 395
1904	58.72% 2,249	30.47% 1,167	10.81% 414
1900	55.91% 2,449	40.14% 1,758	3.95% 173
1896	44.76% 1,985	53.21% 2,360	2.03% 90
1892	42.84% 1,757	39.84% 1,634	17.31% 710

Nevada County is split between California's 1st and 4th congressional districts, which are represented by Doug LaMalfa (R–Richvale) and Tom McClintock (R–Elk Grove), respectively.[28]

In the state legislature, Nevada County is in the 1st Assembly District, represented by Republican Megan Dahle and in the State Senate, the county is in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Brian Dahle.

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.[29]

Crime

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

Population and crime rates (2009)
Population[11]	98,392
Violent crime[30]	289	2.94
Homicide[30]	1	0.01
Forcible rape[30]	36	0.37
Robbery[30]	17	0.17
Aggravated assault[30]	235	2.39
Property crime[30]	838	8.52
Burglary[30]	366	3.72
Larceny-theft[30][31]	993	10.09
Motor vehicle theft[30]	100	1.02
Arson[30]	11	0.11

Cities by population and crime rates

Cities by population and crime rates
City	Population[32]	Violent crimes[32]	Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons	Property crimes[32]	Property crime rate per 1,000 persons
Grass Valley	12,959	65	5.02	639	49.31
Nevada City	3,092	12	3.88	172	55.63
Truckee	16,304	22	1.35	232	14.23

Transportation

Major highways

• Interstate 80
• State Route 20
• State Route 49
• State Route 89
• 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 and Amtrak stop in Truckee and Colfax.
• YubaBus offers 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 is a general aviation airport in Truckee, partially in Nevada County and partially in Placer County.

Communities

Cities

• Grass Valley
• Nevada City (county seat)

Town

• Truckee

Rough and Ready

Census-designated places

• Alta Sierra
• Floriston
• Graniteville
• Kingvale
• Lake of the Pines
• 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
• 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

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.[33]

† county seat

Rank	City/Town/etc.	Municipal type	Population (2010 Census)
1	Truckee	Town	16,180
2	Grass Valley	City	12,860
3	Alta Sierra	CDP	6,911
4	Lake Wildwood	CDP	4,991
5	Lake of the Pines	CDP	3,917
6	† Nevada City	City	3,068
7	Penn Valley	CDP	1,621
8	Rough and Ready	CDP	963
9	North San Juan	CDP	269
10	Washington	CDP	185
11	Kingvale (partially in Placer County)	CDP	143
12	Soda Springs	CDP	81
13	Floriston	CDP	73
14	Graniteville	CDP	11

Notable residents

• Jennie Carter, 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.[34]
• Alice Maud Hartley, killed Nevada Nevada State Senator Murray D. Foley by gunshot in 1894[35]
• Founding member of the British rock band Supertramp, Roger Hodgson lives in Nevada County.
• Herbert Hoover, 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."[36]
• Charles Litton Sr., 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
• 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
• John Christopher Stevens, was an 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 by radical Islamic terrorists on September 11–12, 2012. 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

1. Other = Some other race + Two or more races
2. Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native
3. Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.

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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.

External links

• Official website
• visitor guide
• Fossil Plants At The Chalk Bluff Hydraulic Gold Mine, California
• Paleobotanical Field Trip To The Sailor Flat Hydraulic Gold Mine, California