Grass Valley, California This article is about the town/city in Nevada County.
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City of Grass Valley Location in Nevada County and the state of California Location in Nevada County and the state of California City of Grass Valley is positioned in the US City of Grass Valley - City of Grass Valley State California Water 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% The town/city of Grass Valley is the biggest city in the region of Nevada County, California, United States.
Situated at roughly 2,500 feet (760 m) altitude in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this historic northern Gold Country town/city is 57 miles (92 km) by car from the state capitol in Sacramento, 64 miles (103 km) from Sacramento International Airport, 88 miles (142 km) west of Reno, Nevada, and 177 miles (285 km) northeast of San Jose.
As of the 2010 United States Census, its populace was 12,860.
Gold in quartz, from one of the old Grass Valley mines Grass Valley, which was originally known as Boston Ravine and later officially titled Centerville, dates from the California Gold Rush, as does close-by Nevada City.
When a postal service was established in 1851, it was retitled Grass Valley the following year for unknown reasons.
Grass Valley is the locale of the Empire Mine and North Star Mine, two of the richest mines in California.
Many of those who came to settle in Grass Valley were tin miners from Cornwall, England.
They were thriving to the California gold fields because the same skills needed for deep tin quarrying were needed for hardrock (deep) gold mining.
Grass Valley still holds on to its Cornish heritage, with affairs such as its annual Cornish Christmas and St Piran's Day celebrations. Pasties are a small-town favorite dish with a several restaurants in town specializing in recipes handed down from the initial immigrant generation.
Grass Valley is also twinned with the Cornish town of Bodmin, UK.
There was formerly a Roman Catholic diocese of Grass Valley. Grass Valley is positioned at 39 13 9 N 121 3 30 W (39.219215, -121.058414). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.7 square miles (12 km2), all of it land.
A range of igneous and metamorphic modern supports Grass Valley.
Neighborhoods around Nevada County Golf Course and Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital are underlain by ultramafic modern which supports infertile soils of the Dubakella series.
Grass Valley has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Koppen Csa) with warm to hot, dry summers and wet, cool, rainy winters.
The winter rains contribute to a heavy fuel-loading of brush and grass, which dry out amid the summer, posing a wildfire hazard.
Over the course of a year, 34.7 days of 90 F (32 C) or hotter and 1.2 days of 100 F (38 C) or hotter occur, with 69.0 days of 32 F (0 C) or colder. Climate data for Grass Valley, California (elevation 2,400ft) (0) 0 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 0.4 1.0 1.1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.6 3.4 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Grass Valley had a populace of 12,860.
The ethnic makeup of Grass Valley was 11,493 (89.4%) White, 208 (1.6%) Native American, 188 (1.5%) Asian, 46 (0.4%) African American, 9 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 419 (3.3%) from other competitions, and 497 (3.9%) from two or more competitions.
The census reported that 12,401 citizens (96.4% of the population) lived in homeholds, 118 (0.9%) lived in noninstitutionalized group quarters, and 341 (2.7%) were institutionalized.
Of the 6,077 homeholds, 1,544 (25.4%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 1,665 (27.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 980 (16.1%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 316 (5.2%) had a male homeholder with no wife present, 466 (7.7%) wereunmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 33 (0.5%) were same-sex married couples or partnerships.
The populace was distributed as 2,625 citizens (20.4%) under the age of 18, 1,146 citizens (8.9%) aged 18 to 24, 2,882 citizens (22.4%) aged 25 to 44, 3,183 citizens (24.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,024 citizens (23.5%) who were 65 years of age or older.
The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.7%; 4,663 citizens (36.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 7,738 citizens (60.2%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, 10,922 citizens , 5,016 homeholds, and 2,678 families resided in the city.
Of the 5,016 homeholds, 26.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 32.4% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 46.6% were not families.
The average homehold size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.80 citizens .
Grass Valley has been a charter town/city since it was incorporated in 1893.
In the California State Legislature, Grass Valley is in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and the 1st Assembly District, represented by Republican Brian Dahle. In the United States House of Representatives, Grass Valley is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug La - Malfa. The combined communities of Grass Valley and Nevada City have a fairly diversified economy.
The gold rush days left a historical impact and today, tourism and the related services zone are considered to constitute the bulk of the small-town economy. Many of those who do not commute to the Sacramento Valley, work locally in retail, wholesale, trade, engineering, manufacturing, construction, and other businesses, as well in various levels of small-town and state government.
Another momentous zone of the small-town economy is the agriculture industry, as the soil in Nevada County is considered to be quite fertile.
Commercial employers in Grass Valley include Raley's, Safeway, K-Mart, Starbucks, GNC, Jamba Juice, JC Penney, and Briar - Patch, as well as fast-food chain restaurants.
Other primary employers include Nevada Union High School, Nevada Irrigation District, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, and other various faith-related entities. The Grass Valley Group is a research and evolution company established in the town/city in 1958. Grass Valley High School girls basketball team, 1918 Grass Valley Charter School Nevada Union High School Grass Valley is at the intersection of State Route 49 and State Route 20.
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Mc - Quiston, F.W., 1986, Gold: The Saga of the Empire Mine, 1850-1956, Grass Valley:Empire Mine Park Association, ISBN 9780 - 9318 - 92073 United States Enumeration Bureau.
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