Eureka, Nevada

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Eureka is a city located in Eureka County, Nevada, in the United States. As of the 1990 census, the city had a total population of 650. Eureka is the only city in Eureka County and is the county seat. Attractions include the Eureka Opera House (built in 1880 and restored in 1993) and the Eureka Sentinel Museum (housed in the 1879 Eureka Sentinel Newspaper Building).

1 Geography
2 History
3 Transportation
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Eureka is located at 39°28′12″N, 115°58′48″W¹, in the southern part of Eureka County, at 6,500 feet (1,900 meters) in the Diamond Mountain Range, in a draw on the southern end of Diamond Valley, between Kobeh and Newark valleys..

The town is located along U.S. Highway 50, nicknamed "The Loneliest Road in America": aptly named, as the nearest towns along the highway are Austin (71 miles (114 km) west) and Ely (84 miles (134 km) east). The nearest town is Duckwater, Nevada, 59 miles (94 km) south.

[edit] History

Sign at entrance to town.

The town was first settled in 1864 by a group of silver prospectors from nearby Austin, who discovered rock containing a silver-lead ore on nearby Prospect Peak. The town became the county seat in 1873, when Eureka County was carved out of adjacent Lander, Elko, and White Pine.

Mining, especially for silver, was the town's economic mainstay, as the nearby hillsides ranked as Nevada's second-richest mineral producer, behind western Nevada's Comstock Lode. The population boomed, reaching a high of 9,000 by 1878, but shrank as decreasing mine production and changing market conditions led to the closing of mines.

[edit] Transportation

Eureka Airport (Nevada)

[edit] External links

Eureka Opera House
Eureka photos and information at Western Mining History
Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 39.51159° -115.961723°
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- Street map from MapQuest or Google Local
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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