Esmeralda County

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administrative territorial entity county

Esmeralda County is a sparsely populated rural county in western Nevada known for its historic mining towns and vast desert landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Esmeralda County government 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
adjacentTo California state line ⓘ
borderedBy Inyo County, California ⓘ
Mineral County, Nevada ⓘ
Mono County, California ⓘ
Nye County ⓘ
surface form: Nye County, Nevada
climate arid desert climate ⓘ
contains Boundary Peak Wilderness (portion) ⓘ
Dyer ⓘ
Fish Lake Valley ⓘ
Goldfield ⓘ
Monte Cristo Range ⓘ
Palmetto Mountains ⓘ
Silver Peak ⓘ
Silver Peak Range ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType county ⓘ
countySeat Goldfield ⓘ
federalCongressionalDistrict Nevada's 4th congressional district ⓘ
governmentType county commission ⓘ
hasGhostTown Columbus, Nevada ⓘ
Gold Point ⓘ
Palmetto, Nevada ⓘ
hasHistoricTown Gold Point ⓘ
Goldfield ⓘ
Silver Peak ⓘ
knownFor gold mining history ⓘ
historic mining towns ⓘ
lithium mining near Silver Peak ⓘ
silver mining history ⓘ
sparsely populated rural character ⓘ
vast desert landscapes ⓘ
landUse mining ⓘ
public lands ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
largestSettlement Goldfield ⓘ
locatedIn Great Basin ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
surface form: Mojave Desert region

Nevada ⓘ
western Nevada ⓘ
namedAfter Spanish word "esmeralda" (emerald) ⓘ
partOf Nevada ⓘ
surface form: State of Nevada
populationCharacteristic one of the least populous counties in Nevada ⓘ
roadNetwork Nevada State Route 264 ⓘ
Nevada State Route 265 ⓘ
Nevada State Route 266 ⓘ
U.S. Route 95 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Nevada ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Daylight Time

Referenced by (4)

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

Nye County → borderedBy → Esmeralda County ⓘ
Lander County → borders → Esmeralda County ⓘ
Dyer, Nevada → governedBy → Esmeralda County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Esmeralda County government
Nevada → hasCounty → Esmeralda County ⓘ