Schurz is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Mineral County,

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, United States, named after Secretary of the Interior

Carl Schurz Carl Christian Schurz (; March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German-American revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–1849 and became a prominent ...

. The population was 656 at the 2020 census. It is located on the Walker River Indian Reservation and is the burial place of Wovoka, the Paiute messiah who originated the Ghost Dance movement.

History

Schurz was founded in 1891. The town was named after Secretary of the Interior

. A post office has been in operation at Schurz since 1891.

Geography

Schurz is located in northwestern Mineral County at the junction of

U.S. Route 95 U.S. Route 95 (US 95) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway System, United States Highway in the western United States. It travels through the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, staying inland ...

and U.S. Route 95 Alternate. U.S. 95 leads south to Hawthorne, the Mineral

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, and north to Fallon, while U.S. 95A leads west to Yerington. According to the

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, the Schurz CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 721 people, 281 households, and 180 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 312 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 9.99%

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, 0.69%

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, 83.63% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.14%

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, 1.66% from other races, and 3.74% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 9.57% of the population. There were 281 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.4% were

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living together, 20.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.17. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 32.9% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64 and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $24,265, and the median income for a family was $26,964. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $23,958 for females. The

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for the CDP was $10,886. About 19.8% of families and 26.5% of the population were below the

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, including 23.7% of those under age 18 and 30.6% of those age 65 or over.

Climate

The Köppen Climate System classifies the weather in this area as

semi-arid A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a aridity, dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below Evapotranspiration#Potential evapotranspiration, potential evapotranspiration, but not as l ...

, abbreviated ''BSk''. This climate type occurs primarily on the periphery of true deserts in low-latitude semiarid

steppe In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include: * the montane grasslands and shrublands biome * the tropical and subtropica ...

regions.Climate Summary for Schurz, Nevada
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References

External links

– virtual audio tour of Schurz {{Mineral County, Nevada 1891 establishments in the United States Census-designated places in Mineral County, Nevada Populated places established in 1891