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Nashmead (formerly, Nash) is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.[1] It is located on the Eel River and Northwestern Pacific Railroad[2] 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southeast of Spyrock,[3] at an elevation of 814 feet (248 m).[1]

Nashmead
Unincorporated community
Nashmead
Location in California
Nashmead
Nashmead (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°49′21″N 123°24′53″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMendocino County
Elevation
[1]
814 ft (248 m)

A post office operated at Nashmead from 1915 to 1960.[3] The name honors J. Nash, its first postmaster.[3] The name Nashmead was formed from "Nash's Meadows".[3]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nashmead, California
  2. DeLorme California Atlas & Gazetteer (2008) Yarmouth, Maine p.47 ISBN 0-89933-383-4
  3. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 112. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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