Gilpin is former railroad siding, located in the far northeast region of

Storey County, Nevada Storey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,104, making it the third-least populous county, but one of the fastest-growing economies in Nevada. In 2018, over 18,000 people were emplo ...

. The GNIS locates Gilpin on the south side of the

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, which is where there was a non-agency siding between Thisbe and Fernley on the

Southern Pacific Railroad The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...

. The siding was abandoned in 1959. In the 1930s, the site of Gilpin was on the north side of the river in Washoe County. In 1905, Captain Matt Barach laid out a townsite at the Washoe County side. At that time a road to Olinghouse was planned but never built. Gilpin can be accessed via the Painted Rock exit on

Interstate 80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...

. A nearby rest area on Interstate 80 is named Gilpin.

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