Sprucemont is a ghost town in
Elko County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Nevada
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. The
GNIS
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classifies it as a populated place.
History
The community took its name from nearby
Spruce Mountain, as it is located on the western
foothills
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of the mountain. Variant names were "Spruce City" and "Spruce Mount".
A post office called Sprucemount was established in 1880, the name was changed to Spruce in 1895, the name was changed again to Sprucemont in 1929, and the post office was discontinued in 1935.
The population was 17 in 1940.
Ralph Vinton Lyon Hartley, pioneer of Information Theory, was born in Sprucemont, Nevada on November 30, 1888.
See also
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List of ghost towns in Nevada
Most ghost towns in Nevada in the United States are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those that were not set up as mining camps were usually established as locations for mills, or supply points for nearby mini ...
References
External links
Ghost towns in Nevada
Ghost towns in Elko County, Nevada
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