Nevada County, California

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Nevada County
County
County of Nevada
Images, from top down, left to right: Downtown Nevada City, Donner Lake, a scene in Rough and Ready, the Bridgeport Covered Bridge
Seal
Motto:  "We're Better Together"[1]
Interactive map of Nevada County
Location in the state of California
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Sierra Nevada
Metropolitan area	Greater Sacramento
Incorporated	April 25, 1851[2]
Named after	Nevada City, which is named after the Spanish word for "snow-covered"
County seat	Nevada City
Largest town	Truckee
Government
• Type	Council–CEO
• Chair[3]	Hardy Bullock
• Vice Chair[4]	Heidi Hall
• Board of Supervisors[5]	Supervisors Heidi Hall Robb Tucker Lisa Swarthout Susan Hoek Hardy Bullock
• County executive officer	Alison Lehman
Area
• Total	974 sq mi (2,520 km2)
• Land	958 sq mi (2,480 km2)
• Water	16 sq mi (40 km2)
Highest elevation [6]	9,152 ft (2,790 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	102,241
• Estimate  (2024)[7]	102,195
• Density	100/sq mi (41/km2)
GDP [8]
• Total	$5.393 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Area code	530
FIPS code	06-057
GNIS feature ID	1682927
Congressional district	3rd
Website	www.mynevadacounty.com

Nevada County (/nɪˈvædə/ ^ⓘ niv-AD-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 102,241.^[9] The county seat is Nevada City.^[10] Nevada County comprises the Truckee-Grass Valley micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Sacramento-Roseville combined statistical area, part of the Mother Lode Country.