Gilpin, Nevada
Unincorporated area
Gilpin is located in Nevada
Gilpin
Gilpin
Gilpin is located in the United States
Gilpin
Gilpin
Coordinates: 39°35′53″N 119°20′09″W / 39.59806°N 119.33583°W / 39.59806; -119.33583[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyStorey
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. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilpin
  2. 1 2 3 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


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