Sulphur, Nevada

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Sulphur, Nevada
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Sulphur
Coordinates: Coordinates: 40°52′29″N118°44′12″W / 40.87472°N 118.73667°W / 40.87472; -118.73667 [1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
County Humboldt
Named for Humboldt National Forest
Elevation
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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

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]

1914 WPRR map with Gerlach, Ascalon, Trego, Cholona, Ronda, and Sulphur. 1930 D&RGW WP.jpg
1914 WPRR map with Gerlach, Ascalon, Trego, Cholona, Ronda, and Sulphur.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur Post Office (historical)
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 39.