Penn Valley
Penn Valley is a census-designated place in Nevada County, California. The population was 1,593 at the 2020 census, down from 1,621 at the 2010 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,620 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Nevada County, California
- Also known as: “Penn Valley, CA” and “Penn Valley, California”
- Postal code: 95946
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rough and Ready and Mooney Flat.
Rough and Ready
Hamlet
Photo: Isaac Crumm, Public domain.
Rough and Ready is a census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States. It is located west of Grass Valley, California, approximately 62 miles from Sacramento. Rough and Ready is situated 3 miles northeast of Penn Valley.
Mooney Flat
Hamlet
Mooney Flat was an important mining and transportation hub in western Nevada County, California, just east of the Yuba County line. It was situated on modern Mooney Flat Road, about 1 mile north of modern Highway 20, at an elevation of about 800 ft. Mooney Flat is situated 5 miles west of Penn Valley.
Newtown
Hamlet
Newtown is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2113 feet. Newtown is located 4.5 miles west of Nevada City. Newtown was settled in 1850, but never grew very large; its 1855 population was 53. Newtown is situated 6 miles northeast of Penn Valley.
Penn Valley
Latitude
39.19827° or 39° 11′ 54″ northLongitude
-121.18085° or 121° 10′ 51″ westPopulation
1,620Elevation
1,401 feet (427 metres)United Nations Location Code
US 7CAOpen location code
84FW5RX9+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 141047146OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Penn Valley” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بن فالي”
- Basque: “Penn Valley”
- Catalan: “Penn Valley”
- Cebuano: “Penn Valley”
- Chechen: “Пенн-Велли”
- Chinese: “Penn Valley”
- Chinese: “彭谷”
- Croatian: “Penn Valley”
- Dutch: “Penn Valley”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بن فالى”
- French: “Penn Valley”
- German: “Penn Valley”
- Gilaki: “پن ولي”
- Irish: “Penn Valley”
- Italian: “Penn Valley”
- Ladin: “Penn Valley”
- Malagasy: “Penn Valley, Kalifornia”
- Malagasy: “Penn Valley”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Penn Valley”
- Newari: “पेन भ्याली (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
- Newari: “पेन भ्याली, क्यालिफोर्निया”
- Newari: “पेन भ्याली”
- Persian: “پن ولی، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “پن ولی”
- Polish: “Penn Valley”
- Portuguese: “Penn Valley”
- Serbian: “Пен Вали”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Penn Valley, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Penn Valley”
- South Azerbaijani: “پن ولی، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Penn Valley”
- Tatar: “Пенн-Велли”
- Turkish: “Penn Valley”
- Ukrainian: “Пенн-Веллі”
- Volapük: “Penn Valley”
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