Orleans Flat, California

Orleans Flat
Former settlement
Orleans Flat Location in California
Coordinates: 39°25′44″N 120°50′06″W / 39.42889°N 120.83500°W / 39.42889; -120.83500Coordinates: 39°25′44″N 120°50′06″W / 39.42889°N 120.83500°W / 39.42889; -120.83500
Country	United States
State	California
County	Nevada County
Elevation^[1]	1,266 m (4,153 ft)

Orleans Flat (also, Orlean's Flat,^[1] Orleans,^[2] and Concord^[2]) is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Orleans Flat is located 5.25 miles (8.4 km) northeast of North Bloomfield.^[2] It is situated at an elevation of 4,153 ft (1,266 m) above sea level.^[1]

The place was first named Concord (by 1888), and then Orleans (by 1898), before Orleans Flat.^[2]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orleans Flat, California
1 2 3 4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 534. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Nevada County, California, United States

County seat: Nevada City

Cities and towns	Grass Valley Nevada City Truckee

CDPs	Alta Sierra Floriston Graniteville Kingvale‡ Lake of the Pines Lake Wildwood North San Juan Penn Valley Rough and Ready Soda Springs Washington

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Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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