Washington, CA

Washington is a census-designated place located in Nevada County, California. The 2010 census counted 185 residents. There is a hotel/bar and restaurant, grocery store, a one-room schoolhouse that has educated students continuously for one hundred years, and two trailer park campgrounds. The elevation is 2,612 feet. The through line in Washington is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Washington makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The place was founded in 1849 by miners from Indiana and was originally named Indiana Camp. Washington was renamed Washington in 1850. Washington is located on the banks of the South Yuba River.