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San Jacinto, Nevada
Ghost town in Nevada, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Jacinto is a ghost town in along Salmon Falls Creek in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States.[1] It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.
San Jacinto, Nevada | |
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Coordinates: 41°52′07″N 114°40′35″W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Nevada |
County | Elko |
Elevation | 5,200 ft (1,585 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 89825 |
Area code | 775 |
GNIS feature ID | 845648[1] |
It was the site of a railroad station located eight miles northeast of Contact, Nevada on the Union Pacific railroad.[2]
It is named after the San Jacinto Ranch,[3] which in turn is named for the Battle of San Jacinto, fought at present-day Houston, Texas in 1836.[2]
The San Jacinto post office was in operation from November 1898 through April 1938.[4]
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Nevada, −50 °F (−46 °C) was recorded in San Jacinto on January 8, 1937.[5]
The site of the former community is just east of U.S. Route 93.or the Great Basin Highway.[6] Most of what remains of the ghost town is what is now the San Jacinto Ranch.
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