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Saint Elmo

Ghost town · Nye County, Nevada

Baxter Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:62,500)
Baxter Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Saint Elmo is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada. It is one of 109 former communities in Nye County on the federal names register. No county in Nevada has more among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Saint Elmo as a historical populated place on the Baxter Spring NW 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 38.4655° N, 117.1831° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBaxter Spring NW
Elevation6,628 ft
Nearest living townTonopah, NV
Distance to it26.6 miles
GNIS feature ID862926
Coordinates38.46549, -117.18314

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What's there now

Saint Elmo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Tonopah, NV (population 1,938), about 26.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,628 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 Saint Elmo?

Saint Elmo is in Nye County, Nevada, at 38.4655, -117.1831.

How many ghost towns are in Nye County?

Nye County, Nevada has 109 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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