Humboldt City, Nevada is a former mining settlement whose ruins lie in
Pershing County
Pershing County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,650. Its county seat is Lovelock. The county was named after army general John J. Pershing (1860–1948). It was formed from Humboldt County ...
approximately 10 miles SW of
Mill City and 2 miles SE of
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 ...
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There was a Post Office in operation from April 1862 until November 1869.
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External links
* - letters from Humboldt City
* - photos
Ghost towns in Pershing County, Nevada
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