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| image_skyline = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = NevadaCoSeal.jpg | seal_size = 70px | image_map = Map of California highlighting Nevada County.svg | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = Location in the state of California | image_map1 = Map of USA CA.svg | mapsize1 = 200px | map_caption1 = California's location in the United States | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Sierra Nevada | subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan area | subdivision_name3 = Greater Sacramento | established_title = Incorporated | established_date = April 25, 1851 | named_for = Nevada City | governing_body = Board of Supervisors | leader_title = | leader_name = | seat_type = County seat | seat = Nevada City | seat1_type = Largest city | seat1 = Truckee | unit_pref = US | area_total_sq_mi = 974 | area_land_sq_mi = 958 | area_water_sq_mi = 16 | elevation_max_footnotes = | elevation_max_ft = 9152 | elevation_min_footnotes = | elevation_min_ft = | population_as_of = April 1, 2010 | population_footnotes = 〔 | population_total = 98764 | pop_est_as_of = 2014 | pop_est_footnotes = 〔 | population_est = 98893 | population_density_sq_mi = auto | timezone = Pacific Time Zone | utc_offset = -8 | timezone_DST = Pacific Daylight Time | utc_offset_DST = -7 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 530 | blank_name_sec1 = FIPS code | blank_info_sec1 = 06-057 | blank1_name_sec1 = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info_sec1 = | website = | footnotes = }} Nevada County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 98,764.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06057.html )〕 The county seat is Nevada City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Nevada County comprises the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Sacramento-Roseville, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Mother Lode Country. ==History== Nevada County was created in 1851 from parts of Yuba County. The county was named after the mining town of Nevada City, a name derived from the term "Sierra Nevada." The word ''nevada'' is Spanish for "snowy" or "snow-covered."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nevada County History )〕 Nevada City was the first to use the word "Nevada" in its name. In 1851 the newly formed Nevada County used the same name as the county seat. The bordering state of Nevada used the same name in 1861. The region came to life in the Gold Rush of 1849. Many historical sites remain to mark the birth of this important region in California's formative years. Among them are the Nevada Theatre in Nevada City, the oldest theater built in California in 1865. It operates to this day and once hosted Mark Twain among other historical figures. The Old 5 Mile House stagecoach stop built in 1890, also operates to this day as a provider of hospitality spanning three centuries. This historical site still features "The stagecoach safe" that is on display outside the present day restaurant and is the source of many legends of stagecoach robbers and notorious highwaymen in the California gold rush era. The gold industry in Nevada County thrived into the post WWII days. The county had many firsts and historic technological moments. The first long-distance telephone in the world, built in 1877 by the Ridge Telephone Company, connected French Corral with French Lake, away.〔()〕 It was operated by the Milton Mining Company from a building on this site that had been erected about 1853. The Pelton wheel, designed to power gold mines, still drives hydro-electric generators today. Nevada City and Grass Valley were among the first California towns with electric lights. The Olympics, NASA, and virtually every television station around the country utilizes video/broadcasting equipment designed and manufactured by Grass Valley Group, founded in Grass Valley. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad was built in 1876, and was the only railroad in the West that was never robbed, even though its primary freight was gold. (Builder-owner John Flint Kidder's reputation made it clear that he would personally hunt down and kill anyone who tried.) The rail line closed in 1942 and was torn up for scrap. In Grass Valley the historic Holbrooke Hotel opened in 1851 and housed Mark Twain, Bret Harte, and four U.S. presidents (Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and James A. Garfield). The Community of Rough and Ready seceded from the Union for a time and became the Great Republic of Rough and Ready. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nevada County, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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