Mountain City is a small
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
in
Elko County,
Nevada
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, United States,
within the
Mountain City Ranger District
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of the
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The community, located on
State Route 225 approximately south of the
Idaho
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border, is situated on the
Owyhee River
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The river's drainage basin is in area, one of the l ...
at an elevation of approximately .
Demographics
History
A post office was established at Mountain City in 1870. The community was descriptively named on account of the natural surroundings of its elevated town site.
Due to its small size, Mountain City is classified by some writers as a
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by All ...
.
Time zone
Mountain City, along with the rest of Nevada except for the city of
West Wendover, is legally in the
Pacific Time Zone, but, along with other Idaho border towns such as
Jackpot,
Jarbidge and
Owyhee, unofficially observes the
Mountain Time Zone
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due to closer proximity to and greater connections with towns in southern Idaho.
Climate
Mountain City sees a
humid continental climate
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(
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* Dan Koppen (born 1979), American football offensive lineman
* Erwin Koppen (1929–1990), German literary scholar
* Luise Koppen (1855–1922), German author
* Wladimir Köppen (1846� ...
: Dfb) with four seasons and generally not a large amount of year round precipitation. Due to its high elevation the area sees very cold nights - even in summer, with frost possible in every month. Winters are bitterly cold at night.
References
External links
Census-designated places in Elko County, Nevada
Census-designated places in Nevada
Elko, Nevada micropolitan area
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