Emigrant Valley

Emigrant Valley is a valley in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1]

Emigrant Valley was named for a party of emigrants who traveled through it.[2] The valley is home to the Groom Lake Facility of the Nevada Test Range, popularly known as Area 51.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emigrant Valley
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 44.