Gilpin, Nevada

Gilpin, Nevada
Unincorporated area
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Coordinates: 39°35′53″N 119°20′09″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Storey
Elevation [1]	4,147 ft (1,264 m)

Gilpin is former railroad siding, located in the far northeast region of Storey County, Nevada.

The GNIS locates Gilpin^[1] on the south side of the Truckee River, which is where there was a non-agency siding between Thisbe and Fernley on the Southern Pacific Railroad.^[2] The siding was abandoned in 1959.^[2]

In the 1930s, the site of Gilpin was on the north side of the river in Washoe County.^[3] In 1905, Captain Matt Barach laid out a townsite at the Washoe County side. At that time a road to Olinghouse was planned but never built.^[2] Gilpin can be accessed via the Painted Rock exit on Interstate 80.

A nearby rest area on Interstate 80 is named Gilpin.^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilpin
2. Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilpin (historical)
4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilpin Rest Stop