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Dutton

Ghost town · Elko County, Nevada

Squaw Valley Ranch quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)
Squaw Valley Ranch quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Dutton 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 Dutton as a historical populated place on the Hot Lake 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 41.1893° N, 116.7387° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHot Lake
Elevation5,152 ft
Nearest living townBattle Mountain, NV
Distance to it40.3 miles
GNIS feature ID852078
Coordinates41.18935, -116.73871

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.

Dutton today, aerial view
Squaw Valley Ranch quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)

Left: Squaw Valley Ranch quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000), 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

Dutton is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Battle Mountain, NV (population 3,957), about 40.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,152 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 Dutton?

Dutton is in Elko County, Nevada, at 41.1893, -116.7387.

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.