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Grass Valley

Grass Valley is a city in , United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 14,016. Situated at roughly 2,500 feet in elevation in the western foothills of the mountain range, this northern city is 57 miles by car from and 88 miles west of .
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  • Type: Town with 12,900 residents
  • Description: city in Nevada County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Centerville”, “Centreville”, “Grass Valley, CA”, and “Grass Valley, California”
  • Postal codes: 95945 and 95949
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grass Valley Public Library and Empire Mine State Historic Park.

Library
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Carnegie library and on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in Grass Valley, California and a part of the Library System, it is open Tuesday through Saturday.

Park
Photo: Beej71, CC BY 2.5.
is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Grass Valley, , U.S. The Empire Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places, a federal Historic District, and a California Historical Landmark.

Quarry
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0.
The are located on Lafayette Hill a short distance south of Grass Valley in the U.S. state of . It was the second largest producer of gold during California's Gold Rush.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nevada City and Hills Flat.

Photo: Scott Thompson, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in and the county seat of , United States, 60 miles northeast of , 84 miles southwest of and 147 miles northeast of . The population was 3,152 as of the 2020 census.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of Grass Valley, California, United States, formerly an unincorporated community of . It lies at an elevation of 2457 feet.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . It lies at an elevation of 2651 feet. is located 2.5 miles northeast of Grass Valley. is situated 3 miles northeast of Grass Valley.

Grass Valley

Latitude
39.2191° or 39° 13′ 9″ north
Longitude
-121.0629° or 121° 3′ 47″ west
Population
12,900
Elevation
2,411 feet (735 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US GYC
Open location code
84FW6W9P+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8582843063
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5353775
Wiki­data ID
Q834337
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Grass Valley” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غراس فالي، نيفادا، كاليفورنيا”
  • Arabic: “غراس فالي”
  • Armenian: “Գրասս Վելլի”
  • Basque: “Grass Valley”
  • Bavarian: “Grass Valley, Kalifornien”
  • Bavarian: “Grass Valley”
  • Belarusian: “Грас-Валі”
  • Bulgarian: “Грас Вали”
  • Catalan: “Grass Valley”
  • Cebuano: “Grass Valley”
  • Chechen: “Грасс-Велли”
  • Chinese: “Grass Valley”
  • Chinese: “格拉斯瓦利”
  • Croatian: “Grass Valley”
  • Czech: “Grass Valley”
  • Danish: “Grass Valley”
  • Dutch: “Grass Valley”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جراس فالى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جراس ڤاللى”
  • Esperanto: “Gresa Valo”
  • French: “Grass Valley”
  • Galician: “Grass Valley”
  • German: “Grass Valley”
  • Gilaki: “گرس ولي”
  • Greek: “Γκρας Βάλεϊ”
  • Haitian: “Grass Valley, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Grass Valley”
  • Hebrew: “גראס ואלי”
  • Hungarian: “Grass Valley”
  • Igbo: “Grass Valley”
  • Igbo: “Ndagwurugwu”
  • Irish: “Grass Valley”
  • Italian: “Grass Valley”
  • Japanese: “グラスバレー”
  • Korean: “그래스밸리”
  • Ladin: “Grass Valley”
  • Malagasy: “Grass Valley, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Grass Valley”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്രാസ് വാലി”
  • Mazanderani: “گرس ولی (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “گرس ولی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grass Valley”
  • Newari: “ग्रास भ्याली (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “ग्रास भ्याली, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “ग्रास भ्याली”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grass Valley”
  • Norwegian: “Grass Valley”
  • Persian: “گرس ولی، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “گرس ولی”
  • Polish: “Grass Valley”
  • Portuguese: “Grass Valley”
  • Russian: “Грасс-Валли”
  • Serbian: “Gras Vali”
  • Serbian: “Grass Valley”
  • Serbian: “Грас Вали”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grass Valley, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grass Valley”
  • Silesian: “Grass Valley”
  • Slovenian: “Grass Valley”
  • Spanish: “Grass Valley (California)”
  • Spanish: “Grass Valley”
  • Swedish: “Grass Valley, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Grass Valley”
  • Tagalog: “Grass Valley, California”
  • Tagalog: “Grass Valley”
  • Talysh: “Grass Valli”
  • Tatar: “Грасс-Велли (Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Грасс-Велли”
  • Turkish: “Grass Valley, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Grass Valley”
  • Ukrainian: “Грасс-Веллі”
  • Urdu: “گراس ویلی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Grass Valley”
  • Uzbek: “Грасс Валлей”
  • Volapük: “Grass Valley”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Grass Valley, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Grass Valley”

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