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Nye County, Nevada

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
53historic places
—earliest paper
1864formed
51,591pop. 2020
10cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 53 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Tonopah, Round Mountain, Berlin.

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 Nye titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

48 of 53 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

53 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bartlett, George A., HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Bass BuildingTonopahBuilding1982
BelmontTonopahDistrict1972
Berg, William H., HouseRound MountainBuilding1984
Berlin Historic DistrictBerlinDistrict1971
Boak, Cada C., HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Board and Batten CottageTonopahBuilding1982
Board and Batten Miners CabinTonopahBuilding1982
Brann BoardinghouseTonopahBuilding1982
Brokers ExchangeTonopahBuilding1982
Brown, Hugh H., HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Burdick, E. E., HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Butler, Jim, Mining Company Stone Row HousesTonopahBuilding1982
Campbell and Kelly BuildingTonopahBuilding1982
Clinton, Charles, Stone Row HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Combellack Adobe Row HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Curtis, Uri B., HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Curtis, Uri B., House/Tasker L. Oddie HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Dunham, Samuel C., HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Frame CottageTonopahBuilding1982
Gatecliff RockshelterAustinSite1979
Golden, Frank, BlockTonopahBuilding1982
Gregovich, John, HouseTonopahBuilding1982
James Wild Horse TrapFish SpringsStructure1974
Kendall, Zeb, HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Manhattan SchoolManhattanBuilding2006
Masterson, Dr. J. R., HouseTonopahBuilding1982
McDonald, Irving, HouseTonopahBuilding1982
McKim, H. A., BuildingTonopahBuilding1982
Mizpah HotelTonopahBuilding1978
Nevada-California Power Company Substation and Auxiliary Power BuildingTonopahBuilding1982
Nye County CourthouseTonopahBuilding1982
Nye County Mercantile Company BuildingTonopahBuilding1982
Raycraft, Arthur, HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Sawle, Judge W. A., HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Sedan CraterMercurySite1994
Shaw, Cal, Adobe DuplexTonopahBuilding1982
Shaw, Cal, Stone Row HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Shields, E. R., HouseTonopahBuilding1982
St. Marks P. E. ChurchTonopahBuilding1982
State Bank and Trust CompanyTonopahBuilding1982
Stone Jail Building and Row HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Tonapah Liquor Company BuildingTonopahBuilding1982
Tonapah Mining Company CottageTonopahBuilding1982
Tonapah Mining Company HouseTonopahBuilding1982
Tonapah Public LibraryTonopahBuilding1982
Tonapah Volunteer Firehouse and GymnasiumTonopahBuilding1982
Tonapah-Extension Mining Company Power BuildingTonopahBuilding1982
Tybo Charcoal KilnsTonopahStructure1974
US Post Office-Tonopah MainTonopahBuilding1990
Verdi Lumber Company BuildingTonopahBuilding1982
Water Company of Tonapah BuildingTonopahBuilding1982
Wieland Brewery BuildingTonopahBuilding1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Nye was formed in 1864 (1864-02-16) from Esmeralda.

NYE created by Nevada Territory from ESMERALDA and Non-County Area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Nye County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

52k26k1,0871870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,0871,8751,1406,5043,6063,1014,3749,04832,48551,591

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

10 cemeteries and 90 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 10 of 10 listed
NameLatLon
Anderson Shoshone Indian Cemetery38.60739-116.87681
Belmont Cemetery38.58457-116.87891
Berlin Cemetery38.87968-117.61351
Bullfrog - Rhyolite Cemetery36.88204-116.8292
Chief Tecopa Cemetery36.20858-115.99052
Desert Hill Cemetery36.89967-116.76084
Duckwater Cemetery38.87602-115.66122
Ione Cemetery38.94499-117.59369
Mount Moriah Cemetery38.53709-117.09763
Old Tonopah Cemetery38.07215-117.23893
Historical populated places — 80 of 90
NameLatLon
Allred38.67827-115.54864
Amargosa36.56968-116.15837
Antelope38.82104-116.47257
Antelope Springs37.60855-116.72923
Ashmeadow36.36162-116.29421
Atwood38.74798-117.85622
Barcelona38.64854-116.96036
Barrett39.05326-117.4251
Bellehelen38.06827-116.46589
Bowlerville36.44885-116.04975
Bullfrog36.89022-116.83367
Carrara36.80078-116.71228
Carrs Camp37.26299-116.92618
Central38.53966-117.10953
Clarkdale37.26938-116.91535
Cloverdale38.56548-117.54927
Danville38.76938-116.5184
Downeyville38.91076-117.899
Duluth39.07687-117.74622
East Belmont38.58243-116.86119
Eden37.94022-116.41978
Ellendale38.09855-116.75701
Ellsworth38.97298-117.75483
Fluorine36.88634-116.697
Frazier Wells38.16021-117.23536
Glen Hamilton38.97493-117.50649
Gold Bar36.938-116.8934
Gold Point38.81827-115.34808
Golden38.64576-117.55593
Grant City38.41605-115.52475
Green Springs38.90215-117.82539
Hannapah38.12716-116.91701
Helena38.13771-116.47811
Idlewild39.01076-117.61538
Indian Springs38.53965-117.25898
Jamestown37.54105-116.78367
Jefferson38.71326-116.98258
Jett38.73271-117.23898
Jett38.72299-117.20592
Junction39.08965-117.13203
Keystone38.44493-116.38339
Knickerbocker38.9152-117.59066
Lauville38.79549-116.51729
Learville38.94549-116.85036
Leeland36.58606-116.58616
Liberty38.30632-117.29481
Longstreet38.38105-116.71007
Lower Town38.51438-116.34839
Maggie Blues38.24549-117.07536
Midas39.0402-117.62149
Monarch38.53216-116.88813
New Reveille38.00438-116.18894
Northumberland38.9516-116.84786
Oak Springs37.2194-116.05782
Old Reveille38.03494-116.18394
Ophir38.94715-117.27398
Original36.89911-116.88117
Orizaba38.51187-117.61844
Park Canyon39.02882-117.22481
Peavine38.56965-117.26981
Penelas39.05937-117.75983
Phonolite39.07798-117.76344
Pine Creek38.79604-116.84841
Pioneer38.80382-116.80647
Potomic38.33104-117.24759
Potts39.08604-116.64091
Pueblo39.00882-117.21259
Quartz Mountain37.29383-116.73368
Quartz Mountain39.04576-117.96651
Reveille38.03049-116.17116
Roses Well36.69523-116.58755
Royston38.3191-117.50926
Saint Elmo38.46549-117.18314
San Antonio38.46104-117.2937
San Juan39.10604-117.24398
Shamrock38.93521-117.55204
Stargo38.94299-116.48813
Stirling36.48523-115.95864
Stone House38.67521-116.79869
Tolicha37.28994-116.78979

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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