Patsville is an extinct town 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 ...
, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
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 ...
. The
GNIS
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classifies it as a populated place. Located approximately two miles south of
Mountain City on
NSR 225, the community is part of the
Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The former
mining community
A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry.
Historical mining communities Australia
* Ballarat, Victoria
* Bendi ...
existed from about 1932 until 1949.
See also
*
Government Peak Wilderness
Government Peak Wilderness is a wilderness area in the northern part of the Snake Range of White Pine County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Located approximately north of the town of Baker, the Wilderness was designated in 2006 and is adminis ...
Notes
Ghost towns in Elko County, Nevada
Unincorporated communities in Nevada
Populated places established in 1932
Elko, Nevada micropolitan area
Ghost towns in Nevada
Unincorporated communities in Elko County, Nevada
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