Nelson, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

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|settlement_type =Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_name2 = Butte County

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Nelson (formerly, Nelson Station) is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It lies {{convert|6.5|mi|km}} south-southeast of Durham,{{California's Geographic Names|284}} at an elevation of 121 feet (37 m). Nelson's first post office was established in 1873; its zip code is 95958. The place was founded in 1873 by the California and Oregon Railroad Company and named for an early settler, A.D. Nelson.{{cite book |last1 = Wells |first1 = Harry Laurenz|title = History of Butte County, California, Volumes 1-2 |publisher = Harry L. Wells |date = 1882 |location = San Francisco, CA |page = 249 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9BYVAAAAYAAJ }} By 1882 Nelson had two warehouses, a hotel, a store, a blacksmith shop, and a saloon, and was a major center of wheat shipment. Rice is the major crop grown in the area today.