Nichols, California

Nichols
Nichols
Unincorporated community
	A freight train in Nichols in 1980
	Nichols Location in California
	Coordinates: 38°02′29″N 121°59′17″W / 38.04139°N 121.98806°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Contra Costa County
Elevation	62 ft (19 m)
GNIS ID	1659765
FIPS code	06-51322

Nichols is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.^[1] It is on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 5.5 miles (9 km) west of Pittsburg,^[3] at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m).^[1] The place is named for William H. Nichols, president of the General Chemical Company of New York, which built in 1909 a plant here to produce fertilizer and a number of other chemicals for industrial use.^[3] In 1921, General Chemical became a division of Nichols's Allied Chemical, later Allied Corporation.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Nichols (Contra Costa County, California)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "FIPS55 Data: California". FIPS55 Data. United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 672. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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[GNIS-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Nichols (Contra Costa County, California)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 11, 2014.

[FIPS55-2] "FIPS55 Data: California". FIPS55 Data. United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved May 11, 2014.

[CGN-3] Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 672. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Contra Costa County, California, United States
County seat: Martinez
Cities and towns	Antioch Brentwood Clayton Concord Danville El Cerrito Hercules Lafayette Martinez Moraga Oakley Orinda Pinole Pittsburg Pleasant Hill Richmond San Pablo San Ramon Walnut Creek	Contra Costa County map
CDPs	Acalanes Ridge Alamo Alhambra Valley Bay Point Bayview Bethel Island Blackhawk Byron Camino Tassajara Castle Hill Clyde Contra Costa Centre Crockett Diablo Discovery Bay East Richmond Heights El Sobrante Kensington Knightsen Montalvin Manor Mountain View Norris Canyon North Gate North Richmond Pacheco Port Costa Reliez Valley Rodeo Rollingwood San Miguel Saranap Shell Ridge Tara Hills Vine Hill
Former CDPs	Bayview-Montalvin Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara Waldon
Unincorporated communities	Canyon Cornwall Nichols Oleum Rheem Selby Stege Tassajara Tormey Valona
Ghost towns	Eckley Giant (Nitro) Judsonville Nortonville Point of Timber Port Chicago Somersville Stewartville West Hartley Winehaven
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Nichols
Unincorporated community
A freight train in Nichols in 1980
Nichols Location in California
Coordinates: 38°02′29″N 121°59′17″W / 38.04139°N 121.98806°W / 38.04139; -121.98806^[1]
Country	United States
State	California
County	Contra Costa County
Elevation ^[1]	62 ft (19 m)
GNIS ID^[1]^[2]	1659765
FIPS code^[1]^[2]	06-51322