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'''Sulphur, Nevada''', is a [[ghost town]] in [[Humboldt County, Nevada]] |
'''Sulphur, Nevada''', is a [[ghost town]] in [[Humboldt County, Nevada]]<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|845687|name=Sulphur}}</ref> that was a [[Feather River Route]] station in the [[Black Rock Desert]] along the [[Kamma Mountains]]. |
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==History== |
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Sulphur, Nevada | |
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  Sulphur  Sulphur | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′29″N 118°44′12″W / 40.87472°N 118.73667°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Humboldt |
| Named for | Humboldt National Forest |
| Elevation | 6,102 ft (1,860 m) |
Sulphur, Nevada, is a ghost town in Humboldt County, Nevada[1] that was a Feather River Route station in the Black Rock Desert along the Kamma Mountains.
History
[edit]A post office was in operation at Sulphur intermittently between 1899 and 1953.[2] The community was named for deposits of sulphur near the original town site.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur Post Office (historical)
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 39.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has a portion in an adjacent county and state | |
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