Warm Springs is a former

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in the

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Nye County, Nevada Nye County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,591. Its county seat is Tonopah. At , Nye is Nevada's largest county by area and the third-largest county in the contiguous United States, behi ...

, near the

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which divides the Kawich and Hot Creek ranges (at ). It is located at the junction of

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and State Route 375 (the "Extraterrestrial Highway"), around 50 miles east of Tonopah. Only two abandoned buildings remain.

History

The first white settlement in Warm Springs was in 1866, when it served as a stopover for

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es and other travellers. The post office was in operation from January 1924 through June 1929. In 1947, the springs was purchased by the Fallini brothers and it was reported that Thomas Hurt had been operating the springs for several years. Never more than a tiny settlement, Warm Springs' population dwindled until it became a

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. All that remained was a single streetlight, a

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, and several huts built over pools filled by the warm springs that give the town its name.

References

External links

Warm Springs ghost town info

Warm Springs Video Nov 2006
{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Nevada Unincorporated communities in Nye County, Nevada Populated places established in 1866 Ghost towns in Nevada 1866 establishments in Nevada