POPULATION: 97,182

INCORPORATION DATE: 1851

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: 

• District 1 – Nate Beason
• District 2 – Ed Scofield
• District 3 – Terry Lamphier
• District 4 – Hank Weston
• District 5 – Richard Anderson

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

NEVADA. County seat, Nevada City. Created April 25, 1851. Named after the mining town of Nevada City, a name derived from the term “Sierra Nevada.” The word nevada in Spanish means “snowy” or “snowcovered.”