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Comstock

Ghost town · Storey County, Nevada

Virginia City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)
Virginia City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Comstock is a ghost town in Storey County, Nevada. It is one of 6 former communities in Storey County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 16th among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Comstock as a historical populated place on the Virginia City 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 39.2702° N, 119.6616° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleVirginia City
Elevation5,388 ft
Nearest living townSilver City, NV
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID848033
Coordinates39.27019, -119.66157

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Comstock today, aerial view
Virginia City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)

Left: Virginia City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Comstock is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Silver City, NV (population 111), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,388 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Comstock?

Comstock is in Storey County, Nevada, at 39.2702, -119.6616.

How many ghost towns are in Storey County?

Storey County, Nevada has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.