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 ...
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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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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. The ZIP Code of North Fork, Nevada is 89801. Due to its small size, some writers classify North Fork as a ghost town.
History
A post office was established at North Fork in 1889, and remained in operation until 1944. A variant name is "Northfork". The community takes its name from nearby North Fork Humboldt River.
References
Unincorporated communities in Elko County, Nevada
Unincorporated communities in Nevada
Elko, Nevada micropolitan area
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