Town Talk
Unincorporated community
Town Talk is located in California
Town Talk
Town Talk
Location in California
Town Talk is located in the United States
Town Talk
Town Talk
Town Talk (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°14′36″N 121°01′51″W / 39.24333°N 121.03083°W / 39.24333; -121.03083
Country United States
State California
CountyNevada County
Elevation
[1]
2,776 ft (846 m)

Town Talk was a historic mining community in Nevada County, California.[1] Town Talk was located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of Grass Valley.[2] It was the site of the Town Talk Mine and a rail tunnel on the line between Grass Valley and Nevada City.[3] Town Talk was reportedly centered on a house known as the Town Talk Saloon that sold food to miners and passing teamsters.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Town Talk, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 569. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Brower, Maria E. (2006). Gold Rush Towns of Nevada County. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 9780738546926.
  4. ^ "'59er tells more concerning origin of old Town Talk". The Morning Union. Grass Valley, CA. November 20, 1918. Retrieved December 29, 2023.


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