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Bucklands Station

Ghost town · Lyon County, Nevada

Churchill Butte quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500)
Churchill Butte quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bucklands Station is a ghost town in Lyon County, Nevada. It is one of 23 former communities in Lyon County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 13th among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bucklands Station as a historical populated place on the Churchill Butte topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.2946° N, 119.2515° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleChurchill Butte
Elevation4,203 ft
Nearest living townSilver Springs, NV
Distance to it6.4 miles
GNIS feature ID856483
Coordinates39.29464, -119.25155

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What's there now

Bucklands Station is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Silver Springs, NV (population 5,523), about 6.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,203 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Bucklands Station?

Bucklands Station is in Lyon County, Nevada, at 39.2946, -119.2515.

How many ghost towns are in Lyon County?

Lyon County, Nevada has 23 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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