Sulphur, Nevada
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]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur Post Office (historical)
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 39.
Coordinates: 40°52′29″N 118°44′12″W / 40.87472°N 118.73667°W
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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