Fort Churchill State Historic Park

Fort Churchill State Historic Park
Ruins
Fort Churchill State Historic Park is located in Nevada
Fort Churchill State Historic Park
Fort Churchill State Historic Park
Location in Nevada
LocationLyon County, Nevada, United States
Nearest citySilver Springs, Nevada
Coordinates39°17′34″N 119°16′12″W / 39.29278°N 119.27000°W / 39.29278; -119.27000[1]
Area5,170.24 acres (2,092.32 ha)[2]
Elevation4,255 ft (1,297 m)[1]
Established1957
Administered byNevada Division of State Parks
Visitors16,886 vehicles (in 2017)[3]
DesignationNevada state historic park
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Fort Churchill
Ruins at Fort Churchill State Historic Park
LocationLyon County, Nevada, United States
Nearest citySilver Springs, Nevada
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1860
ArchitectCaptain Joseph Stewart, Captain F. F. Flint
NRHP reference No.66000456
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[4]
Designated NHLNovember 5, 1961[5]

Fort Churchill State Historic Park is a state park of Nevada, United States, preserving the remains of a United States Army fort and a way station on the Pony Express and Central Overland Routes dating back to the 1860s. The site is one end of the historic Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road. The park is in Lyon County south of the town of Silver Springs, on US Route 95 Alternate, eight miles (13 km) south of US Route 50.[6] Fort Churchill was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[5] A 1994 park addition forms a corridor along the Carson River.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Old Fort Churchill (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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  3. ^ "Division of State Parks Performance Audit" (PDF). Nevada Legislature. 2018.
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