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English: This is a locator map showing Elko County in Nevada. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. [3] Its county seat is Elko. [4]
Elko is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Elko County. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] As of the official 2020 U.S. Census , the city has a population of 20,564. Elko serves as the center of the Ruby Valley , a region with a population of over 55,000.
The Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area is a two county (Elko, Eureka) Nevada statistical area of 21,383 sq mi (55,380 km 2). The area includes portions of the Humboldt River Basin (~9,000 sq mi), the Snake River Basin (6,800), and the Central Nevada Desert Basins subregion (5,500).
Montello is located in eastern Elko County along Nevada State Route 233, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Interstate 80 at Oasis and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of the Utah border. Elko, the county seat, is 100 miles (160 km) to the west. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Montello CDP has an area of 0.39 square miles (1.0 km 2), all of it ...
Tuscarora was founded in Elko County, after an expedition by trader William Heath to find gold, in 1867. The community derives its name from the Tuscarora people. [6] As miners flocked to the town, a fort was built to offer protection from Indian raids and a water ditch was created to supply the town with water.
Spring Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in central Elko County, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. It mainly serves as a bedroom community for the businesses and industries in and around the nearby city of Elko. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,361 at the 2010 census.
West Wendover is a small city in Elko County, Nevada, United States.The population was 4,512 at the 2020 census.It is part of the Elko micropolitan area.West Wendover is located on the eastern border of Nevada and the western edge of the Great Salt Lake Desert and is contiguous with Wendover, Utah, with which it is sometimes confused.