Oasis, Nevada
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Oasis is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
(CDP) located in eastern
Elko County Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko. The county was established on March 5, 1869, from Lander County. Elko County is the fourth ...
,
Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
, United States, at the junction of State Route 233 and
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, northwest of the
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border and east of Elko. As of the 2008
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it had a population of 34. As of 2020, Oasis had a population of just four.


Description

Oasis is a high desert community located in the Goshute Valley between the Pequop Mountains and the
Toano Range The Toano Range is a mountain range located in eastern Elko County, Nevada in the United States. The highest point in the range reaches . The range is separated from the Goshute Mountains to the south by Morgan Pass. Interstate 80 and Union Pac ...
at an elevation of approximately . Oasis is named for the Oasis Ranch, which in the late 1880s was owned by E. C. Hardy. The community is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.


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List of census-designated places in Nevada Nevada is a state located in the Western United States. Nevada has several census-designated places (CDPs) which are unincorporated communities lacking elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status. References External links St ...


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Census-designated places in Nevada Census-designated places in Elko County, Nevada Elko, Nevada micropolitan area {{ElkoCountyNV-geo-stub