Borax, Nevada

Borax
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 35°42′52″N115°20′26″W / 35.71444°N 115.34056°W / 35.71444; -115.34056
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Clark
Elevation	2,707 ft (825 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	0
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	89026
Area code	702
GNIS feature ID	855974 [1]

Borax is a ghost town and railroad siding in Clark County, Nevada, United States located along the Union Pacific Railroad east of Interstate 15. ^[1]

History

Borax was settled in 1905, and named for the borax deposits in the region. In c. 1940, the population of Borax was 10. ^[2]

As of 2021, there are no buildings that remain in Borax and the site exists as a railroad siding along the Union Pacific Railroad.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

• United States portal
• Nevada portal

1. "Borax". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 18.