Blair Junction is the neglected site of a formerly populated settlement in Esmeralda County, in the

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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 ...

History

Blair Junction was at the

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of the

Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad The Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, a railroad of in length in the U.S. state of Nevada, offered point-to-point service between Mina and Goldfield, running over the Excelsior Mountains and parallel to the Monte Cristo Range. It operated fro ...

and the Silver Peak Railroad, located 0.7 miles south of the present Blair Junction on Nevada State Route 265. On the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, Coaldale was to the west and McLeans was to the east. A post office called Blair Junction was in operation from 1922 until 1923. Tonopah and Goldfield RR Map and Logo

References

Ghost towns in Esmeralda County, Nevada Ghost towns in Nevada {{EsmeraldaCountyNV-geo-stub