Contact, Nevada | |
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  Contact, Nevada Location within the state of Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 41°46′10″N114°45′09″W / 41.76944°N 114.75250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Elko |
| Elevation | 5,351 ft (1,631 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Contact is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. [1] It is located on a mineral-rich granite intrusion and there are many mines nearby.
A post office was established at Contact in 1897, and remained in operation until 1962. [2] The name "Contact" is mining jargon. [3]
As of 1915 Contact had a hotel, restaurant and its own local newspaper. Although a new townsite was laid out in 1930, by that time the community was once again in decline. A devastating 1942 fire effectively turned Contact into a near-ghost town. [4] Today one of the main presences in Contact is a Nevada Department of Transportation maintenance station. [5]
Located approximately 15 miles (13.3 km) south of Jackpot on U.S. Route 93, prior to Jackpot's founding in 1954 Contact was known as one of the closest Nevada settlements to the Idaho border. Early records of Cactus Pete's (then known as Cactus Pete's Desert Lodge) placed the property in Contact before Jackpot emerged as a separate settlement. [6]
Jackpot is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 855 as of the 2020 census. Located less than one mile (1.6 km) from the Idaho border on US 93, Jackpot has been a popular casino gaming destination for residents of Idaho and other neighboring states since its founding.
Warm Springs is a former town in the Tonopah Basin in Nye County, Nevada, near the mountain pass which divides the Kawich and Hot Creek ranges. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 6 and State Route 375, around 50 miles east of Tonopah. Only two abandoned buildings remain.
Vya is a small ghost town located in Washoe County, in northwestern Nevada, United States. It is about 10 miles (16 km) east of the California state line, north of Forty Nine Canyon. Not much remains of the small town, which essentially died in the 1920s. Just two wooden buildings can still be seen—the Vya Post Office and Library. The Vya Post Office was in operation from September 1910 until October 1941. The settlement was named for Vya Wimer, the first European heritage baby born in the valley.
Mountain City is a small census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States, within the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The community, located on State Route 225 approximately 16 miles (26 km) south of the Idaho border, is situated on the Owyhee River at an elevation of approximately 5,620 feet (1,710 m).
Fawnskin is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Its altitude is 6,827 feet (2,081 m). The community has a post office, which was established on May 18, 1918.
North Fork is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The ZIP Code of North Fork, Nevada is 89801.
San Jacinto is a ghost town in along Salmon Falls Creek in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Cobre is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Chester is an unincorporated community in central Sanpete County, Utah, United States.
Peter Vincent "Cactus Pete" Piersanti was an American hotel and casino promoter active in Idaho and Nevada from the 1940s to the 1980s. He is credited as one of the main founders of the community of Jackpot, Nevada, in the 1950s. He is namesake of two Nevada casinos he owned at different points in his career, Cactus Pete's casino in Jackpot and Cactus Jack's Casino in Carson City.
Arthur is an unincorporated community in Nevada, United States. There are only two small houses at Arthur currently.
Rowland is a ghost town in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Charleston is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It lies along the Bruneau River just south of the Mountain City and Jarbidge Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and is near the southwest edge of the Jarbidge Wilderness.
Pyramid is an unincorporated community in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. At one time, it was a station on the Fernley and Lassen Railway located between Bristol and Big Canyon. There was a post office at this location from March 1904 until November 1959.
Eutaw is a ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The settlement had a port on the Mississippi River called "Eutaw Landing."
Allred is a ghost town situated in Nye County, Nevada. A post office in the settlement opened on April 17, 1911 with Allen Oxborrow and George Kump as postmasters. The post office was closed more than a year later on October 31, 1912. There are no visible remains left of Allred.
Big Spring is a ghost town located in Wayne County, Iowa, USA.
Binnsville is a ghost town in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States.
Seven Troughs is a ghost town in Pershing County, Nevada, United States.
Johnnie is a populated place in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada about 15 miles north of Pahrump.
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