Hazen, Nevada

Hazen is an unincorporated community in Churchill County, Nevada, United States.^[1] The community is approximately 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Fernley and 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Fallon, on U.S. Route 50 Alternate.

Hazen, Nevada
unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°33′55″N 119°02′47″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Churchill
Named for	William Babcock Hazen, an aide to William Tecumseh Sherman
Elevation [1]	4,006 ft (1,221 m)
GNIS feature ID	0840934[1]

History

Hazen was founded in 1903 as a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad.^[2] Some sources say the town was first settled in 1869, but it doesn't appear on maps until 1903.^[2][3] The community was named for William Babcock Hazen, an aide to William Tecumseh Sherman.^[4] At one time Hazen had a post office, which was established in 1904.^[2][5] Hazen's early economy was driven by railroad workers and canal and dam builders, who patronized the town's saloons and brothels.^[2]

Hazen is noted for the being the historic site of the last lynching in Nevada. At 2:30am on Feb. 27, 1905, around 30 men broke Red Wood, AKA Nevada Red, out of jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole 30 feet away.^[6]

The Hazen Store is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).^[2] It "almost defies architectural description" according to the NRHP nomination form.^[2]

Vulcan Power Company started a permitting process to drill exploratory geothermal energy wells on land leases near Hazen. The project involves a bypass road across Bureau of Reclamation property.^[7][8]

The Hawthorne Army Depot is connected to the Union Pacific rail network by a 120-mile (190 km) single rail line beginning in Hazen.^[9]

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  Hazen's "saloons and disreputable places" in 1905
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  Hazen Store
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  Hazen highway marker near Fallon

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hazen, Nevada
2. "The Hazen Store National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
3. Carlson, Helen S. (1974). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8.
4. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 11.
5. "Hazen Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. February 1, 1991. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
6. "Nevada's Hazen noted for notorious hanging". rgj.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
7. "Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region : NEPA: Patua Bypass Road EA". January 29, 2009. Archived from the original on July 20, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
8. "ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RELEASED ON CONSTRUCTION OF A BYPASS ROAD NEAR HAZEN, NEV". US Fed News. December 12, 2008.
9. "REID HAILS PASSAGE OF APPROPRIATIONS BILL". States News Service. December 19, 2007.