Eureka, Nevada | |
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| Nickname: The Friendliest Town on The Loneliest Road[1] | |
  Eureka Location in the state of Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′20″N 115°57′52″W / 39.50556°N 115.96444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Eureka |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.29 sq mi (3.35 km2) |
| • Land | 1.29 sq mi (3.35 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,674 ft (2,034 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 414 |
| • Density | 320.43/sq mi (123.71/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 89316 |
| FIPS code | 32-23900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2583922[3] |
Eureka is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in and the county seat of Eureka County, Nevada, United States.[4][5][6] With a population of 414 as of the 2020 United States census,[7] it is the second-largest community in Eureka County. Attractions include the Eureka Opera House (built in 1880 and restored in 1993), Raine’s Market and Wildlife Museum (built 1887), the Jackson House Hotel (built 1877), and the Eureka Sentinel Museum (housed in the 1879 Eureka Sentinel Newspaper Building).
Eureka is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.
- ^ "The Loneliest Road In America Comes Of Age – Nevada Magazine". Nevada Magazine –. January 11, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eureka, Nevada
- ^ "Eureka County Code - Title 12- Town of Eureka" (PDF). Eureka County. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Lambert Molinelli & Co (1982). Eureka and its resources: a complete history of Eureka County, Nevada, containing the United States mining laws, the mining laws of the district, bullion product and other statistics for 1878, and a list of county officers. Reno, Nev.: University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0-87417-069-6. LCCN 82004948. OCLC 8346713. Reprint. Originally published: San Francisco : H. Keller, 1879.
- ^ "Census Geography Profile". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 11, 2024.