Providence, Nevada County, California

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Providence
Former settlement
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Providence
Location in California
Coordinates: 39°15′32″N121°02′15″W / 39.25889°N 121.03750°W / 39.25889; -121.03750 Coordinates: 39°15′32″N121°02′15″W / 39.25889°N 121.03750°W / 39.25889; -121.03750
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County Nevada County
Elevation [1] 2,320 ft (707 m)

Providence is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. [1] Providence is located on Deer Creek, 1.25 miles (2.0 km) west-southwest of Nevada City. [2] It lay at an elevation of 2320 feet (707 m). [1]

Nevada County, California County in California, United States

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

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second-most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

Deer Creek (Nevada County, California)

Deer Creek is a stream that flows through the Sierra Nevada Range in Northern California, USA. The 34 miles (55 km) stream begins above Scotts Flat Lake in the alpine region in the Tahoe National Forest, continues through the middle of downtown Nevada City, is a tributary to Lake Wildwood and ends as it enters the Yuba River below Englebright Lake.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Providence, Nevada County, California
  2. ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 542. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.


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