Iceland
Iceland, once known as Cuba, was an ice farming and lumbering community in eastern Nevada County, California. It was located between Boca, California and the Nevada state line, about 1 1/2 miles south of Floriston, California and 9 miles east of Truckee, California.- Type: Dwelling
- Description: former settlement in California, USA
- Also known as: “Cuba” and “Iceland, California”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Floriston and Hirschdale.
Floriston
Hamlet
Floriston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nevada County, California. It is situated at an elevation of 5,400 ft above sea level.
Hirschdale
Hamlet
Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hirschdale is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California. It lies at an elevation of 5446 feet. Hirschdale is located 6.25 miles east-northeast of Truckee. Hirschdale is situated 2½ miles west of Iceland.
Boca
Locality
Boca is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Situated at an elevation of 5,528 ft above sea level, Boca is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 6.5 miles northeast of Truckee at exit 194 from Interstate 80 onto Hirschdale Road. Boca is situated 3½ miles west of Iceland.
Iceland
- Categories: human settlement, former settlement, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.37338° or 39° 22′ 24″ northLongitude
-120.02914° or 120° 1′ 45″ westElevation
5,407 feet (1,648 metres)Open location code
84FX9XFC+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 141028495OpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwelling
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Iceland” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Iceland”
- Finnish: “Iceland”
- German: “Iceland”
- Irish: “Iceland”
- Persian: “آیسلند، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “آیسلند”
- South Azerbaijani: “آیسلند، کالیفورنیا”
- Swedish: “Iceland, Kalifornien”
- Swedish: “Iceland”
- Turkish: “Iceland”
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