The Norden post office, named after the lake, opened in 1926, closed in 1943, and reopened in 1947, and is now closed.[4] The nearby Donner post office operated from 1882 to 1926.[5]
The place is named for Charles Van Norden, an official of the South Yuba Water Company.[4] The dam was built in 1900 and the resulting lake was named after Van Norden.[6]
^ abcDurham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 530. ISBN1-884995-14-4.
^Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 477. ISBN1-884995-14-4.