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Cornucopia

Ghost town · Elko County, Nevada

Wilson Reservoir quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:62,500)
Wilson Reservoir quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cornucopia is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada. It is one of 70 former communities in Elko County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cornucopia as a historical populated place on the Cornucopia Ridge 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 41.5349° N, 116.2923° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCornucopia Ridge
Elevation6,213 ft
Nearest living townMountain City, NV
Distance to it26.9 miles
GNIS feature ID852155
Coordinates41.53490, -116.29232

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.

Cornucopia today, aerial view
Wilson Reservoir quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:62,500)

Left: Wilson Reservoir quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 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

Cornucopia is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mountain City, NV (population 13), about 26.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,213 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 Cornucopia?

Cornucopia is in Elko County, Nevada, at 41.5349, -116.2923.

How many ghost towns are in Elko County?

Elko County, Nevada has 70 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.