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.

Sulphur, Nevada
Sulphur is located in Nevada
Sulphur
Sulphur
Sulphur is located in the United States
Sulphur
Sulphur
Coordinates: 40°52′29″N 118°44′12″W / 40.87472°N 118.73667°W / 40.87472; -118.73667[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyHumboldt
Named forHumboldt National Forest
Elevation6,102 ft (1,860 m)

History

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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]

 
1914 WPRR map with Gerlach, Ascalon, Trego, Cholona, Ronda, and Sulphur.

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulphur Post Office (historical)
  3. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 39.