{"id":6191,"date":"2023-07-22T20:25:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T20:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6191"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:16","slug":"eureka-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/eureka-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Eureka County, Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eureka County is a county in Nevada, United States, centred on the historic mining town of Eureka along US Route 50. It had a population of 1,855 at the 2020 census and covers 4,180 square miles (10,800 km2) centred near 39°59′N 116°16′W.<\/p>\n

Eureka is the county seat, and its postal code is 89316. The county has two census-designated places, a handful of small unincorporated communities, and several historic mining camps and rail sidings, several now ghost towns. Eureka County is in the Pacific time zone and carries FIPS code 32011.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Eureka County<\/h2>\n

Eureka County has roughly two dozen named places, but only Eureka and Crescent Valley are large enough to be census-designated places (CDPs); the rest are unincorporated communities, mining camps, and former Eureka and Palisade Railroad stops, several of them now ghost towns. Nevada has no civil townships, so the county is not further subdivided.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Eureka<\/td>\nCDP · seat<\/td>\n414<\/td>\n89316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crescent Valley<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n512<\/td>\n89821<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beowawe<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n89821<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Palisade<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primeaux<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alpha<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ruby Hill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barth<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blackburn<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buckhorn<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cluro<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corwin<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunphy<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eunice Place<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harney<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leeville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mineral<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rixies<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shannon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shoshone<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Place<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tonkin<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Union<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Eureka and Crescent Valley are the county’s only sizable settlements today; most of the remaining names on the list are small stations or camps tied to the county’s 19th- and early-20th-century mining and railroad era, and several no longer have year-round residents.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n