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Nevada City (originally, Ustumah, a Nisenan village; later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell’s Upper Store) 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 3,068 as of the 2010 Census.

Nevada City city overview:
Name:	Nevada City city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	California
County:	Nevada County
Incorporated:	April 19, 1856
Elevation:	2,477 ft (755 m)
Total Area:	2.19 sq mi (5.67 km²)
Land Area:	2.19 sq mi (5.66 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²) 0.17%
Total Population:	3,068
Population Density:	1,440.07/sq mi (556.03/km²)
ZIP code:	95959
Area code:	530
FIPS code:	0650874
Website:	www.nevadacityca.gov

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History

European-Americans first settled Nevada City in 1849, during the California Gold Rush, as Nevada (Spanish for “snow-covered”, a reference to the snow-topped mountains in the area). The Gold Tunnel on the north side of Deer Creek was the city’s first mine, built in 1850. The first sawmill in Nevada City was built on Deer Creek, just above town, in August 1850, by Lewis & Son, with a water wheel. In 1850–51, Nevada City was the state’s most important mining town, and Nevada County the state’s leading gold-mining county. In 1851, The Nevada Journal became the first newspaper published in the town and county. The first cemetery in town, the Pioneer Cemetery, was founded around 1851 behind the Nevada City United Methodist Church, Nevada County’s first denominational church.

The town of Nevada was incorporated on April 19, 1856. In 1864, the word “City” was added to its name to relieve confusion with the nearby state of Nevada, and the town has legally been known as Nevada City ever since. The former town of Coyoteville later became Nevada City’s northwestern section.