Orleans Flat, California
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Orleans Flat is a former settlement in Nevada County
Nevada County, California
Nevada County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of California, in the Mother Lode country. As of 2010 its population was 98,764. The county seat is Nevada City.-History:Nevada County was created in 1851 from parts of Yuba County....

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. Orleans Flat is located 5.25 miles (8.4 km) northeast of North Bloomfield
North Bloomfield, California
North Bloomfield is a small unincorporated community located in Nevada County, California, United States, northeast of Nevada City, California....

. It is situated at an elevation of 4153 ft (1,265.8 m) above sea level
Above mean sea level
The term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum. AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach...

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The place was first named Concord (by 1888), and then Orleans (by 1898), before Orleans Flat.
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