Crystal, Clark County, Nevada

Crystal
Crystal is located in Nevada
Crystal
Crystal
Coordinates: 36°30′7.33″N 114°45′44.82″W / 36.5020361°N 114.7624500°W / 36.5020361; -114.7624500
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyClark County

Crystal is a former unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States.[1] It lies along the Union Pacific Railroad and had a population of 10 in 1941.[2] It is now the site of a highway rest stop.

Historic maps of Nevada locate Crystal, Clark County to be northeast of Las Vegas along Interstate I-15 at Exit 75, which originally was part of the Nevada State Route 40 highway in that area. It is an enclave within the Moapa River Indian Reservation.[3]

The community was named for the crystal rocks near the original town site.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crystal
  2. ^ a b Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 15.
  3. ^ Arrow Canyon SE, Nevada, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986