BlockVanished settlements of Washoe County, Nevada
The Geographic Names Information System records 18 places in Washoe County, Nevada that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
18A 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 | Place | Where it stood | Nearest place today | Mapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andersons | on Evans Creek, Mount Rose NE quadrangle | 4.2 miles north of Reno | 31 sheets, 1891 to 1994 | |
| Beulah | Mosquito Valley quadrangle | 6.2 miles east of Wimer Place | 11 sheets, 1889 to 1987 | |
| Bronco | Mount Rose NW quadrangle | 5.8 miles north of Fleish | 29 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Buffalo Meadows | on Buffalo Slough, Hog Spring quadrangle | 9.0 miles south-east of Reynard | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1981 | |
| Clarks | Derby Dam quadrangle | 2.4 miles east of Thisby | 23 sheets, 1890 to 1985 | |
| Crystal Peak | on Sunrise Creek, Verdi quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-east of Verdi | 29 sheets, 1891 to 1980 | |
| Diessner | Mosquito Valley quadrangle | 5.8 miles south-east of Wimer Place | 11 sheets, 1889 to 1987 | |
| Five Mile House | Virginia City quadrangle | 4.2 miles west of Steamboat | 32 sheets, 1891 to 1994 | |
| Heinz | near Cold Spring Valley, Reno NW quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Border Town | 28 sheets, 1891 to 1980 | |
| Hot Springs | on Cottonwood Creek, Hualapai Flat South quadrangle | 12.5 miles south-west of Deep Hole | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1981 | |
| Huffaker | near Truckee Meadows, Mount Rose NE quadrangle | 4.0 miles north-east of Hidden Valley | 31 sheets, 1891 to 1994 | |
| Jumbo | near Wakefield Peak, Virginia City quadrangle | 3.6 miles west of New Washoe City | 32 sheets, 1891 to 1994 | |
| Marmol | near Truckee Canyon, Mount Rose NW quadrangle | 0.5 miles north of Fleish | 29 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Mayberrys | on Hunter Creek, Verdi quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-west of Lawton | 29 sheets, 1891 to 1980 | |
| Ophir City | on Davis Creek, Washoe City quadrangle | 1.6 miles south-west of Franktown | 31 sheets, 1891 to 1994 | |
| Pyramid | near Perry Canyon, Moses Rock quadrangle | 6.0 miles north of Sutcliffe | 22 sheets, 1891 to 1980 | |
| Roderick | Fernley West quadrangle | 2.6 miles west of Thisby | 23 sheets, 1890 to 1985 | |
| Upper Pyramid | near Perry Canyon, Moses Rock quadrangle | 6.9 miles north of Sutcliffe | 22 sheets, 1891 to 1980 |
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.