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Pleasant Valley, Elko County, Nevada
Spring Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in central Elko County, Nevada, Elko County, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. It mainly serves as a commuter town, bedroom community for the businesses and industries in and around the nearby city of Elko, Nevada, Elko. It is part of the Elko Elko micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,361 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Geography Spring Creek is located in a large valley between the Elko Hills to the northwest, and the Ruby Mountains to the southeast. To the southwest is Huntington Valley and the South Fork Humboldt River, South Fork of the Humboldt River, while to the north is the main branch of the Humboldt River, Humboldt. The city of Elko is approximately to the northwest, while Lamoille, Nevada, Lamoille is just to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of . The community was developed in the 1970s by C. V. Woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing cities, towns, and villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities, colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and the Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |