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Jackpot is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Elko County, Nevada, United States.The population was 855 as of the 2020 census. [3] Located less than one mile (1.6 km) from the Idaho border on US 93, Jackpot has been a popular casino gaming destination for residents of Idaho and other neighboring states since its founding.
Located approximately 15 miles (13.3 km) south of Jackpot on U.S. Route 93, prior to Jackpot's founding in 1954 Contact was known as one of the closest Nevada settlements to the Idaho border. Early records of Cactus Pete's (then known as Cactus Pete's Desert Lodge) placed the property in Contact before Jackpot emerged as a separate settlement.
Southern Nevada Consolidated Telephone-Telegraph Company Building, in the Goldfield Historic District. Esmeralda County is a county in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2023 estimate, the population was 736, [1] making it the least populous county in Nevada, and the 20th least populous county in the United States ...
Nevada (/ n ə ˈ v æ d ə,-v ɑː-/ ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, - VAH-, [4] [5] Spanish:) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. [c] It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east.
Elko: Elko [4] 107: Elko Airport: Elko: Terminus of the First Commercial Air Mail Route [4] 108: Ruby Valley Pony Express Station: Elko: Reconstructed [4] 109: Lamoille Valley: Elko [4] 110: Wagon Jack Shelter: Churchill [11] 111: Edwards Creek Valley: Churchill [11] 112: Carlin: Elko [4] 113: Wabuska: Lyon [8] 114: Franktown: Washoe [5] 115 ...
In 1878, Vermont resident J. W. Long came to White Pine County and soon set up a camp known as "Ely", after discovering gold. [7] The name "Ely" has been credited to several possible origins: Long's hometown of Ely, Vermont; [8] a New York Congressman with the surname Ely, who sent Long as a representative according to local historians; [7] Smith Ely, a Vermont native who financed one of the ...
The smaller and more northeasterly Humboldt National Forest is located in eastern and northern Nevada, in parts of Elko, White Pine, Humboldt, Nye, and Lincoln counties. The section of the national forest is named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a famous early / mid- 19th century Prussian / German multi-talented scientist and ...
The ANSI alphabetic state code is the same as the USPS state code except for U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, which have an ANSI code "UM" but no USPS code—and U.S. Military Mail locations, which have USPS codes ("AA", "AE", "AP") but no ANSI code.