- Cherokee, Nevada County, California
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Cherokee — Former settlement — Location in California
CherokeeCoordinates: 39°22′13″N 121°02′31″W / 39.37028°N 121.04194°WCoordinates: 39°22′13″N 121°02′31″W / 39.37028°N 121.04194°W Country 
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CaliforniaCounty Nevada County Elevation[1] 2,516 ft (767 m) Cherokee (also: Paterson,[2] Patterson,[2] Melrose,[2] and Tyler[1]) is a former settlement in Nevada County, California, 3.5 mi (5.6 km) from North San Juan. Its elevation is 2,516 ft (767 m) above sea level.[1]
History
The town went through several names changes. The name Cherokee was a tribute to Cherokee Indians who prospected at the site in 1850. Paterson was the middle name of the first postmaster. Melrose was the Massachusetts hometown of a later postmaster.[2]
A post office operated in the town during the periods of 1855-1895, 1905-1909, 1910-1924[2][3]
By 1867, at a time when it was referred to as Patterson, the town had a church, stores, hotels, a shoe shop, and a blacksmith.[4]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cherokee, Nevada County, California
- ^ a b c d e Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 464. ISBN 9781884995149.
- ^ Brower, Maria E. (2006). Gold Rush Towns of Nevada County. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 42. ISBN 0738546925. http://books.google.com/books?id=QKBh_CIbMLQC&printsec=frontcover#PPA42,M1.
- ^ Brower, p. 101
Municipalities and communities of Nevada County, California County seat: Nevada City Cities and towns 
CDPs Alta Sierra | Floriston | Graniteville | Kingvale‡ | Lake of the Pines | Lake Wildwood | North San Juan | Penn Valley | Rough and Ready | Soda Springs | Washington
Unincorporated
communitiesAlta Hill | Bitney Corner | Carpenter Valley | Casey Corner | Cedar Ridge | Chicago Park | Coleman | Crystal Lake | Dew Drop | French Corral | Forest Knolls | Gaston | Gateway | Gold Flat | Higgins Corner | Hills Flat | Hinton | Hirschdale | Junction House | Kres | Lake City | Marsh Mill | Mooney Flat | Mystic | Newtown | Norden | North Bloomfield | North Columbia | Peardale | Pinecrest | Polaris | Relief | Scotts Flat | Sebastopol | Spring Hill | The Oaks | Town Talk | Union Mills | Willow Valley | Wolf | You Bet | Yuba Pass
Ghost towns Alpha | Badger Hill | Balaklava | Bald Eagle | Baltimore Town | Bear River Pines | Bear Valley | Beckmans Flat | Birchville | Blue Tent | Boca | Boston Ravine | Brass Wire Bar | Bridgeport | Brighton House | Bronco | Buena Vista | Burckhalter | Burks Bar | Camp Spaulding | Cascade Diggings | Cedar Kress | Chalk Bluff | Champion | Cherokee | Coyoteville | Crystal Springs | Democrat | Diamond Creek | Diggers Bar | Dillon | Drum | Eagle Bird | Elida | Eureka | Excelsior | Farad | Fernley | Flood | Forest Spring | French Lake | Frenchmans Bar | Gelatt | Glenbrook | Gold Hill | Hacketville | Hobart Mills | Hunt's Hill | Iceland | Indian Springs | Jericho | Jones Bar | La Barr Meadows | Lafayette Hill | Langs | Little York | Louisa | Lowell Hill | Malakoff | Maybert | Meadow Lake | Melburn Hill | Missouri Flat | Moores Flat | Mount Zion | Mountain Well | Mountain View | Negro Flat | Ohm | Omega | Orleans Flat | Pittsburg | Pleasant Flat | Prosser | Prosser Creek | Providence | Randolph House | Rays Flat | Red Diamond | Red Dog | Remington Hill | Rose's Corral | Shands | Shelby Flat | Shellback | Six Mile House | Snow Point | Snow Tent | Spenceville | Spiritsville | Stockings Flat | Sunset View | Sweetland | Tsekankan | Union Hill | Ustoma | Virginia House | Waloupa | White Cloud | Wickes | Wilsonville | Wokodot | Woolsey Flat | Yamako | Zinc House
Footnotes ‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Former settlements in Nevada County, California
- Former populated places in California
- Nevada County, California geography stubs
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