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Eureka County, Nevada

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1historic places

—earliest paper

1873formed

1,855pop. 2020

8cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Eureka.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Nevada is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Eureka titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

0 of 1 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

1 listed property

Property	City	Type	Listed
Eureka Historic District	Eureka	District	1973

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Eureka was formed in 1873 (1873-03-20) from Lander.

EUREKA created from LANDER. Act passed 1 March 1873; took effect 20 March 1873.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Eureka County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,086	1,954	1,350	1,361	896	767	1,198	1,651	1,855

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

8 cemeteries and 12 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ann Marie Long Fenstermaker Grave	39.27715	-116.04171
Beowawe Indian Cemetery	40.55714	-116.4469
Cedar Hills Cemetery	39.5141	-115.9706
Eureka Masonic Cemetery	39.51077	-115.97115
Maidens Grave Cemetery	40.56935	-116.44007
Pioneers Grave	40.58152	-116.39479
Saint Brendans Catholic Cemetery	39.5075	-115.9663
Schwamb Cemetery	39.50962	-115.96996

Historical populated places — 12 of 12

Name	Lat	Lon
Birch	39.92215	-115.87311
Diamond City	39.73771	-115.86089
Gerald	40.58353	-116.24952
Goldville	40.91547	-116.30925
Keystone	39.92437	-116.56175
Nevin	39.95159	-116.5548
Pinto	39.42132	-115.92005
Prospect	39.45493	-116.017
Romano	39.93687	-116.07645
Three Bar	39.80326	-116.4698
Vanderbilt	39.42465	-115.97839
White	39.92631	-116.1659

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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