Churchill Butte

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Churchill Butte is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada.^[1] The elevation is 5,928 feet (1,807 m).^[1]

A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak, and zenith are synonymous.

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Churchill Butte was named after nearby Fort Churchill.^[2]

Fort Churchill State Historic Park is a state park of Nevada, US, preserving the remains of a United States Army fort and a waystation on the Pony Express and Central Overland Routes dating back to the 1860s. A 1994 addition forms a corridor along the Carson River. The park is in Lyon County south of the town of Silver Springs. Fort Churchill was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961. The site is one end of the historic Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road. It is located on U.S. Route 95 Alternate, 8 miles (13 km) south of U.S. Route 50.

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References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Churchill Butte
↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 47.

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[GNIS-1] 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Churchill Butte

[2] Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 47.