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.
History
A 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
- ^ 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.
Municipalities and communities of Humboldt County, Nevada, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has a portion in an adjacent county and state | |
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