Weed Heights, Nevada

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Weed Heights, Nevada
Unincorporated community
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Weed Heights
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Weed Heights
Coordinates: 38°59′00″N119°12′35″W / 38.98333°N 119.20972°W / 38.98333; -119.20972
Country United States
State Nevada
County Lyon
Elevation
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4,666 ft (1,422 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
89447
GNIS feature ID845727 [1]

Weed Heights is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, USA. [1] It is adjacent to Yerington.

History

The Anaconda Copper Company built Weed Heights in 1952, named for Clyde E Weed(1890-1973) [2] , vice president in charge of Anaconda operations, [3] to support the Anaconda Mine. [4] A post office was established March 16, 1953. [3] The town was owned by Anaconda until the company was taken over by Atlantic Richfield Company. [5] Atlantic Richfield ceased operations in 1978 and sold the property in 1982 to Don Tibbals, [6] a Lyon County commissioner, [7] who subsequently sold the entire property to Arimetco, with the exception of the town of Weed Heights, [5] which is now a rental community and RV park. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Weed Heights, Nevada
  2. ↑ "Clyde E. Weed". National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 242. ISBN   0-87417-094-X.
  4. ↑ Glass, Mary Ellen and Al (1983). Touring Nevada: a historic and scenic guide . Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 264. ISBN   9780874170740.
  5. 1 2 "Health Consultation" (PDF). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. August 22, 2006. p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  6. ↑ "ARCO Pays $2.7 Million to Contain Waste at Old Copper Mine". Environment News Service. June 29, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Lyon County Board of Commissioners" . Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Weed Heights website" . Retrieved March 23, 2009.
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