Chicago Park, California

Chicago Park, California
Chicago Park
—  Unincorporated community  —
Chicago Park is located in California
Chicago Park
Location of Chicago Park in California
Coordinates: 39°08′42″N 120°58′01″W / 39.145°N 120.967°W / 39.145; -120.967Coordinates: 39°08′42″N 120°58′01″W / 39.145°N 120.967°W / 39.145; -120.967
Country  United States
State  California
County Nevada
Elevation 705 m (2,313 ft)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 – Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 95712
Area code(s) 530

Chicago Park (formerly: Storm's Station)[1] is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, along State Route 174 southeast of Grass Valley, California, and north of Colfax, California.

History

The town was settled by first-generation Italian-Americans who immigrated to the area from Chicago, Illinois.[2]

In 1915, J.F. Siems' Mountain Bartlett Pears from his Chicago Park orchard won first prize at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.[3][4]

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