Lee, Nevada
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Lee is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
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 ...
,
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, United States. The community is located on the reservation land belonging to, and constituting the sole organized community of, the South Fork Band of the
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada The Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada is a federally recognized tribe of Western Shoshone people in northeastern Nevada. History The tribe organized under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act. Western Shoshone elected a traditional ...
. Lee is located at the western foothills of the
Ruby Mountains The Ruby Mountains (Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: 'Duka Doya', meaning “Snowcapped”) are a mountain range, primarily located within Elko County, Nevada, Elko County with a small extension into White Pine County, Nevada, White Pine County, in ...
range, within the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.


History

A post office was established at Lee in 1882. The community takes its name from Lee Creek, which flows near the site.


References

Elko, Nevada micropolitan area {{ElkoCountyNV-geo-stub