Nevada State Route 2C

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State Route 2C
Route information
Maintained by NDOT
Existed 1937 – 1972
Major junctions
West end Yerington
East end Nevada 3.svg at Yerington (1937-1941)
22 miles southeast of Yerington (1941-1972)
Highway system
  • Highways in Nevada

State Route 2C was the former designation for an unimproved road between Yerington and SR 3 (now US 95) south of Schurz.

Yerington, Nevada City in Nevada, United States

Yerington is a city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States. The population was 3,048 at the 2010 census. It is named after Henry M. Yerington, Superintendent of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad from 1868 to 1910. The city incorporated in 1907. It is the current county seat of Lyon County, with the first county seat having been established at Dayton, Nevada on November 29, 1861. After the Dayton Court House burned down in 1909, the county seat was moved to Yerington in 1911.

Schurz, Nevada CDP in Nevada, United States

Schurz is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, Nevada, United States. The population was 658 at the 2010 census. It is located on the Walker River Indian Reservation. It is the burial place of Wovoka, the Paiute messiah who originated the Ghost Dance movement.

It was commissioned in 1937. Beginning in 1941, the eastern terminus was truncated to 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Yerington, leaving the route as a spur. It was decommissioned in 1972.

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