Delano is a

ghost town A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...

located in northeastern

Elko County, Nevada Elko County is a County (United States), county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko, Nevada, Elko. The county was established ...

, about north of Montello. Delano was the center of a small

gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...

-mining district that saw production from the 1870s to the 1960s. The post office closed in 1927. The community has the name of a local trapper. The remaining buildings at Delano were destroyed by a

wildfire A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a ...

in the 1990s, and only archaeological remains survive at the site today.

Geography

Delano is at an elevation of .

References

Ghost towns in Elko County, Nevada Ghost towns in Nevada {{US-ghost-town-stub