Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Nevada City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Nevada City in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Nevada City. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Nevada City data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Nevada City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Nevada City was listed as Nevada City Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Nevada City is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Nevada City in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Nevada City for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Nevada City. See our Misc Page for Nevada City for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Nevada City:

Nevada City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Employees' Time Table (February 1938)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)