Tule, Nevada

Tule is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.^[1]

Tule, Nevada
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°01′27″N 117°39′00″W
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Humboldt
Elevation [1]	4,321 ft (1,317 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code	775
GNIS feature ID	856155[1]

Tule was a station east of Weso on the Southern Pacific Railroad with the first reference from a 1881 map.^[2] The name comes from the Nahuatl word "tollin", which means bullrush.^[2]

An 1890 book includes Tule in a list of towns and settlements in Humboldt County.^[3]

Notes

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tule, Nevada
2. Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
3. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming. p. 264. hdl:2027/pst.000020058074. Retrieved March 16, 2020.