Moor 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 ...
in
Ceder Pass 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 ...
,
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.
It is located along
Interstate 80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one of the ori ...
between
Wells and
West Wendover.
History
The first settlement at Moor was made in 1869.
Variant names were "Moor Siding", "Moores", and "Moors".
The community was named after a railroad employee.
In 1941, Moor had 17 inhabitants.
Other than some remnants of building foundations and aged debris, little remains of the town today.
References
External links
Ghost towns in Elko County, Nevada
Ghost towns in Nevada
Populated places established in 1869
1869 establishments in Nevada
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