Nashville, California

Nashville, California
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°34′44″N 120°50′43″W / 38.57889°N 120.84528°W / 38.57889; -120.84528
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation ^[1]	863 ft (263 m)

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]

A post office operated in Nashville from 1852 to 1854 and from 1870 to 1907.^[2]

References Edit

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nashville, California
^ ^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.

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