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Mercury | |
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Village | |
 Photo courtesy of the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office | |
  Mercury Location within the state of Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 36°39′36″N 115°59′35″W / 36.66000°N 115.99306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Nye |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Named for | Mercury |
| Elevation | 3,789 ft (1,155 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 89023[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 845560[1] |
Mercury is a closed village in Nye County, Nevada, United States,[3] 5 miles (8.0 km) north of U.S. Route 95 at a point 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las Vegas. It is situated within the Nevada National Security Site and was constructed by the Atomic Energy Commission to house and service the staff of the test site. The specific site was known as Jackass Flats[2] and nearby Nevada Test Site 400.[4] Today, the site is governed by the United States Department of Energy. As part of the test site, the village is not accessible to the general public.[5] It was named after the mercury mines which flourished in its general vicinity a century before the village itself was established. The current population is unknown.
- ^ a b "Mercury Populated Place Profile / Nye County, Nevada Data". nevada.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ a b "89023 ZIP Code Map, Demographics & Rankings". nevada.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Mercury, Nevada". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "HometownLocator: Mercury Test Site 400". Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ https://travelnevada.com/museums/nevada-national-security-site-tour/ [bare URL]