Nelson, California

39°33′08″N 121°45′56″W

Nelson
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°33′08″N 121°45′56″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Butte County
Elevation [1]	121 ft (37 m)

Nelson (formerly, Nelson Station) is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It lies 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-southeast of Durham,^[2] at an elevation of 121 feet (37 m). Nelson's first post office was established in 1873;^[2] 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.^[2][3] By 1882 Nelson had two warehouses, a hotel, a store, a blacksmith shop, and a saloon, and was a major center of wheat shipment.^[3] Rice is the major crop grown in the area today.