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Nevin

Ghost town · Eureka County, Nevada

Walti Hot Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:62,500)
Walti Hot Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Nevin is a ghost town in Eureka County, Nevada. It is one of 17 former communities in Eureka County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Nevin as a historical populated place on the Walti Hot Springs 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 39.9516° N, 116.5548° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWalti Hot Springs
Elevation5,853 ft
Nearest living townCrescent Valley, NV
Distance to it32.4 miles
GNIS feature ID854746
Coordinates39.95159, -116.55480

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.

Nevin today, aerial view
Walti Hot Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:62,500)

Left: Walti Hot Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 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

Nevin is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Crescent Valley, NV (population 630), about 32.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,853 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 Nevin?

Nevin is in Eureka County, Nevada, at 39.9516, -116.5548.

How many ghost towns are in Eureka County?

Eureka County, Nevada has 17 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.