Tag: Grass Valley
Grass Valley (originally Centreville) is a city in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 12,860 at the 2010 census, up from 10,922 at the 2000 census.
Grass Valley is located at 39°13′9″N 121°3′30″W / 39.21917°N 121.05833°W / 39.21917; -121.05833 (39.219215, -121.058414).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12 km), all of it land.
Grass Valley has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot, dry summers, and wet, cool, rainy winters. Summer is very dry but thunderstorms may occur. The winter rains contribute to a heavy fuel-loading of brush and grass, which dry out during the summer, posing a wildfire hazard. Snow occurs at times.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Grass Valley had a population of 12,860. The population density was 2,711.3 people per square mile (1,046.8/km²). The racial makeup of Grass Valley was 11,493 (89.4%) White, 46 (0.4%) African American, 208 (1.6%) Native American, 188 (1…
