Welcome to Little York ...

So far, we found very little information about Little York. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Little York to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Little York, please Contact Us.

Little York would have been located within present day Nevada County<2>.

The location of Little York has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little York, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Little York is 2,920 feet [890 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Little York is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Little York was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Little York still existed, it would have been in the (530) area code.

Communities Also Named Little York ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Little York - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, New York (3), Ohio (2), Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Little York.

Communities near Little York ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little York.

• Grass Valley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
  • Grass Valley is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grass Valley <5>
• Nevada City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
  • Nevada City is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada City <5>
• Colfax
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
  • Colfax is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colfax <5>
• Casa Loma
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
  • Casa Loma is located in Placer County
• Chicago Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
  • Chicago Park is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chicago Park <5>
• Chicago Park ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chicago Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
  • Chicago Park is located in Placer County
• Iowa Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Hill
  • Iowa Hill is located in Placer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Hill <5>
• Scotts Flat
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Flat
  • Scotts Flat is located in Nevada County
• Cedar Ridge
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
  • Cedar Ridge is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Ridge <5>
• Gold Flat
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
  • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Little York. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little York.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Little York. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little York.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Little York. See our Newspapers Page for Little York.

Adding Little York to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little York in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Little York was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Little York post office opened in 1855.

We also found Little York in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little York.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Nevada County: www.new.mynevadacounty.com/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/