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.
Sulphur, Nevada | |
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Coordinates: 40°52′29″N 118°44′12″W / 40.87472°N 118.73667°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Nevada |
County | Humboldt |
Named for | Humboldt National Forest |
Elevation | 6,102 ft (1,860 m) |
History
editA 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
edit- ^ a b c 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.