Pioche, Nevada

E218016

census-designated place unincorporated town

Pioche, Nevada is a historic mining town in eastern Nevada known for its 19th-century silver boom and Old West heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pioche, Nevada canonical	7
Pioche	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census-designated place ⓘ unincorporated town ⓘ
administrativeStatus	unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode	775 ⓘ
climate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Lincoln County, Nevada ⓘ
economicBasis	mining ⓘ
elevation	approximately 6,000 feet above sea level ⓘ
foundingPeriod	1860s ⓘ
geographicFeature	mountainous terrain ⓘ
governingBody	Lincoln County Commission ⓘ
hasCemetery	Boot Hill Cemetery ⓘ
hasEvent	Pioche Labor Day celebration ⓘ
hasHeritageSite	Boot Hill Cemetery ⓘ Lincoln County Courthouse (historic) ⓘ Million Dollar Courthouse ⓘ historic aerial tramway towers ⓘ
hasHistoricInfrastructure	aerial tramway ore buckets ⓘ
hasIndustry	tourism ⓘ
hasStructure	historic main street ⓘ old mine workings ⓘ
heritage	Old West mining town ⓘ
historicalPopulationPeak	late 19th century ⓘ
historicFunction	mining camp ⓘ
historicReputation	one of the roughest mining towns in the Old West ⓘ
knownFor	Old West history ⓘ historic mining district ⓘ silver mining ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Nevada ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−8 ⓘ
namedAfter	François Louis Alfred Pioche ⓘ
near	Cathedral Gorge State Park ⓘ Echo Canyon State Park ⓘ Spring Valley State Park ⓘ U.S. Route 93 NERFINISHED ⓘ
observesDST	yes ⓘ
partOf	Lincoln County, Nevada ⓘ
postalCode	89043 ⓘ
primaryCommodityMined	silver ⓘ
region	Great Basin ⓘ
regionType	rural community ⓘ
role	county seat of Lincoln County, Nevada ⓘ
significantEvent	19th-century silver mining boom ⓘ
state	Nevada ⓘ
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
tourismAttractionType	heritage tourism ⓘ
transportation	served by U.S. Route 93 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lincoln County → hasCountySeat → Pioche, Nevada ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln County, Nevada

Lincoln County → hasSettlement → Pioche, Nevada ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln County, Nevada

Lincoln County, Nevada → seat → Pioche, Nevada ⓘ