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Nevada County is a county
located in the Sierra Nevada
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of the U.S. state of California, in the Mother Lode country. As of 2000 its population was 92,033. The county
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seat is Nevada City. Nevada County was created in 1851 from parts of Yuba County.
The county was named
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after the mining town of Nevada City, a name derived from the term "Sierra Nevada." The word nevada in Spanish means "snowy" or "snowcovered."
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,524 km² (974 mi²). 2,480 km² (958 mi²) of it is land and 44 km² (17 mi²) of it (1.73%) is water.
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.