| Nichols | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | California |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
| Coordinates: | 38.0414°N -121.9881°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | California |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Contra Costa County |
| Elevation Ft: | 62 |
| Elevation M: | 19 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS ID[1] [2] |
| Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 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 5.5miles west of Pittsburg, 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. In 1921, General Chemical became a division of Nichols's Allied Chemical, later Allied Corporation.