Nice (formerly, Clear Lake Villas) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, California, United States. Nice is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Upper Lake, at an elevation of 1362 feet (415 m). The population was 2,509 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²), all of it land.
The town was originally called Clear Lake Villas, until Chalres William Bayn...
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Nice (formerly, Clear Lake Villas) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, California, United States. Nice is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Upper Lake, at an elevation of 1362 feet (415 m). The population was 2,509 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²), all of it land.
The town was originally called Clear Lake Villas, until Chalres William Bayne renamed the place after his former home town, Nice, France, around 1930. The Nice post office opened in 1930.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,509 people, 1,142 households, and 649 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,134.3 people per square mile (438.3/km²). There were 1,672 housing units at an average density of 755.9/sq mi (292.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.29% White, 2.15% African American, 4.90% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.24% Pacific Islander, 1.83% from other races, and 3.15% from two or...
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