San_Jacinto,_Nevada

San Jacinto, Nevada

San Jacinto, Nevada

Ghost town in Nevada, United States

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.

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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.

San Jacinto Ranch, just off U.S. Route 93, July 2009

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References

  1. [1]
    "San Jacinto". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "San Jacinto Ranch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. [4]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Jacinto Post Office (historical)
  5. [5]
    National Climatic Data Center. "State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC)". Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  6. [6]
    Google (May 27, 2020). "San Jacinto, Nevada 89825" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  7. [7]
    "SAN JACINTO, NEVADA (267284)". Desert Research Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2016.

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