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Sulphur, Nevada

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Ghost town in Nevada, United States
Sulphur, Nevada
Ghost town
Sulphur is located in NevadaSulphurSulphurShow map of NevadaSulphur is located in the United StatesSulphurSulphurShow map of the United States
Coordinates: 40°52′29″N 118°44′12″W / 40.87472°N 118.73667°W / 40.87472; -118.73667
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyHumboldt
Named forHumboldt National Forest
Elevation6,102 ft (1,860 m)

Sulphur, Nevada, is a ghost town in Humboldt County, Nevada that was a Feather River Route station in the Black Rock Desert along the Kamma Mountains.

History

A post office was in operation at Sulphur intermittently between 1899 and 1953. The community was named for deposits of sulphur near the original town site.

1914 WPRR map with Gerlach, Ascalon, Trego, Cholona, Ronda, and Sulphur.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur Post Office (historical)
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 39.
Municipalities and communities of Humboldt County, Nevada, United States
County seat: Winnemucca
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Footnotes‡This populated place also has a portion in an adjacent county and state


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