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Unincorporated community in California, United States
38°34′44″N
120°50′43″W
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38.57889°N 120.84528°W
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38.57889; -120.84528
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Nashville
(formerly,
Nashville Bar
,
Quartzville
, and
Quartzburg
)
[2]
is an
unincorporated community
in
El Dorado County
,
California
.
[1]
It is located on the North Fork of the
Cosumnes River
10.5 miles (17 km) south of
Placerville
,
[2]
at an elevation of 863 feet (263 m).
[1]
The place was first called Nashville Bar, then Quartzville and Quartzburg, before being named for
Nashville, Tennessee
.
[2]
Described as "quite a busy town" in 1852, Nashville had a store and boarding house in support of the nearby mines.
[3]
The nearby Montezuma mine operated into the 1930s, at which time Nashville still had hundreds of residents, a school, and post office; by 1977 all but one business were gone and only thirteen residents remained.
[4]
A post office operated in Nashville from 1852 to 1854 and from 1870 to 1907.
[2]
References
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edit
]
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a
b
c
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nashville, California
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a
b
c
d
Durham, David L. (1998).
California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State
. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 528.
ISBN
1-884995-14-4
.
- ^
Sioli, Paolo (1883).
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California
. Oakland, CA: Paolo Sioli. p. 198.
ISBN
978-0-9658763-2-2
.
- ^
Wiley, Walt (April 28, 1977).
"Nashville...There's one in California too"
.
The Sacramento Bee
. Sacramento, CA
. Retrieved
December 27,
2023
.
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