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Vanished settlements of Elko County, Nevada

The Geographic Names Information System records 44 places in Elko County, Nevada that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.

No longer settlements

44

A place leaves this list only by being unmade: the post office closes, the mine works out, the road moves. The name stays in the federal gazetteer, flagged historical, and the topographic sheets that recorded it stay in the archive.

Where in the county PlaceWhere it stood Nearest place today Mapped
Aftonnear Stormy Canyon, Black Butte NE quadrangle9.7 miles east of Schoer Place9 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Andersonon Marsh Creek, Jacks Peak quadrangle1.9 miles north of Jack Creek10 sheets, 1955 to 1987
Bauvardon Immigrant Creek, Pilot Peak NW quadrangle3.0 miles north-east of Montello10 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Bayardnear Union Gulch, Annie Creek quadrangle1.9 miles south of Charleston17 sheets, 1935 to 1986
BeaverCoal Mine Canyon SE quadrangle9.8 miles south-east of Halleck9 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Black Forestnear Spruce Mountain, Spruce Mountain quadrangle3.5 miles west of Sprucemont13 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Bruno Citynear Fawn Gulch, Coon Creek quadrangle6.5 miles south-west of Williams Cabin16 sheets, 1936 to 1986
Bueastanear Timber Gulch, Big Table quadrangle0.4 miles north of Rowland16 sheets, 1936 to 1986
Buellnear East Canyon, Tecoma quadrangle4.8 miles north of Tecoma10 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Cavecreekon Cave Creek, Ruby Lake NW quadrangle2.7 miles south of Shanty Town11 sheets, 1955 to 1988
Clovernear Outhouse Draw, Gordon Creek quadrangle8.4 miles west of Arthur12 sheets, 1935 to 1986
Columbianear Alder Gulch, Maggie Summit quadrangle4.9 miles west of Echo11 sheets, 1955 to 1987
Coral Hillon Huntington Creek, Te-Moak Well quadrangle8.0 miles south-east of Lee10 sheets, 1955 to 1990
Cornucopianear Silver Peak, Cornucopia Ridge quadrangle7.8 miles east of Deep Creek10 sheets, 1955 to 1987
Cottonwoodon Crane Stream, White Flats quadrangle8.4 miles north-west of Moleen13 sheets, 1952 to 1986
Delanonear Mine Mountain, Dry Canyon quadrangle25.0 miles north-west of San Jacinto11 sheets, 1955 to 1989
Duttonon Midas Creek, Hot Lake quadrangle4.8 miles north-west of Midas7 sheets, 1955 to 1982
ElaineChase Spring quadrangle7.3 miles north-east of Spruce13 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Excelsiornear Dunn Canyon, Bull Run Reservoir quadrangle1.6 miles south of Echo11 sheets, 1955 to 1987
Fair Playon Baxter Creek, Ruby Valley School quadrangle13.5 miles north of Arthur14 sheets, 1935 to 1990
FairlawnMidas quadrangle5.1 miles north of Midas8 sheets, 1955 to 1982
Good HopeSoldier Cap quadrangle12.7 miles south-west of Scraper Springs7 sheets, 1955 to 1982
GoshuteGoshute Lake North quadrangle6.8 miles north of Currie9 sheets, 1955 to 1987
Highlandnear Bunker Hill, Bullion quadrangle0.7 miles north of Bullion13 sheets, 1952 to 1986
Huntingtonon Brown Creek, Frost Creek quadrangle10.3 miles north of Jiggs15 sheets, 1934 to 1988
Island Mountainnear Hammond Canyon, Cornwall Mountain quadrangle3.0 miles south-east of Williams Cabin17 sheets, 1935 to 1986
Jacksonnear Big Cottonwood Canyon, Big Cottonwood Canyon quadrangle7.7 miles north-east of Deep Creek10 sheets, 1955 to 1987
Morlanon Sun Creek, Gilmer Ranch quadrangle13.8 miles east of Henry10 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Mortonon Hot Creek, Hot Creek quadrangle15.9 miles south-east of Schoer Place11 sheets, 1955 to 1981
O'Neilon Canyon Creek, Buckhorn Ridge quadrangle11.5 miles south-east of Henry13 sheets, 1955 to 1986
Old Tuscaroranear Battle Mountain, Tuscarora quadrangle2.3 miles north-east of Tuscarora10 sheets, 1955 to 1987
Pavlaknear Bonanza Gulch, Jarbidge South quadrangle1.7 miles north of Jarbidge16 sheets, 1943 to 1986
Riversideon Townsend Creek, Henry quadrangle2.3 miles south-west of Henry9 sheets, 1955 to 1982
Riverside Parkon Mule Creek, Jackpot quadrangle2.6 miles west of Jackpot10 sheets, 1955 to 1989
Schleyon Thompson Creek, Ruby Valley School quadrangle10.9 miles south-west of Rock House14 sheets, 1935 to 1990
Secreton Covert Creek, Secret Valley quadrangle2.3 miles south-east of Arthur12 sheets, 1935 to 1986
ShermanBelmont Creek quadrangle8.8 miles east of Shanty Town15 sheets, 1934 to 1988
SummitMidas quadrangle1.6 miles north-east of Midas8 sheets, 1955 to 1982
ToanoValley Pass quadrangle1.8 miles south-east of Cobre10 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Tobaron Tobar Flat, Tobar quadrangle5.3 miles south-east of Ventosa10 sheets, 1955 to 1985
Voightnear Thorpe Canyon, Halleck SW quadrangle3.2 miles south-west of Lamoille12 sheets, 1935 to 1986
Warm Creekon Wiseman Creek, Snow Water Lake quadrangle9.8 miles east of Ventosa10 sheets, 1955 to 1985
White Rockon Storff Creek, Bull Run Reservoir quadrangle4.3 miles south of Echo11 sheets, 1955 to 1987
Woodon Chase Creek, Humboldt Peak quadrangle10.8 miles south-west of Arthur14 sheets, 1935 to 1986

Provenance

  • Which settlements are gone. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey. A place is listed here when the federal gazetteer flags its record historical; that is the government's judgement, not this site's.
  • Where each one stood. The gazetteer's own coordinates, and the nearest named landform and quadrangle from the same file.
  • Distance and direction to the nearest surviving place. Computed here from the gazetteer coordinates of both places, straight line, to the nearest tenth of a mile.
  • Sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The count is of sheets covering the site, so it describes how often the AREA was surveyed and not how long the settlement lasted.