Norden, California

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

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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|timezone = Pacific (PST)

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|postal_code = 95724{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/95724|title=Norden ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2022|access-date=November 11, 2022}}

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Norden is a small unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, about {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} west of Truckee. The community is located on a former portion of U.S. Route 40 near Interstate 80 and lies along the historical first transcontinental railroad, {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1}} west of Donner Pass.{{California's Geographic Names|530}}

Near Norden is the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort and Donner Ski Ranch, located in nearby Placer County.

The Norden post office, named after the lake, opened in 1926, closed in 1943, and reopened in 1947, and is now closed. The nearby Donner post office operated from 1882 to 1926.{{California's Geographic Names|477}}

The place is named for Charles Van Norden, an official of the South Yuba Water Company. The dam was built in 1900 and the resulting lake was named after Van Norden.{{cite book|last1=Gudde|first1=Erwin G.|title=California place names : the origin and etymology of current geographical names|date=1998|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=0520213165|page=[https://archive.org/details/californiaplacen00gudd/page/263 263]|edition=4th ed., rev. and enl.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/californiaplacen00gudd/page/263}}

The community has a population of 27 as of 2016.