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Blair Junction, Nevada

Coordinates: 38°00′30″N 117°46′25″W / 38.00833°N 117.77361°W / 38.00833; -117.77361
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Blair Junction, Nevada
Blair Junction is located in Nevada
Blair Junction
Blair Junction
Location within Nevada
Blair Junction is located in the United States
Blair Junction
Blair Junction
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 38°00′30″N 117°46′25″W / 38.00833°N 117.77361°W / 38.00833; -117.77361
Country United States
State Nevada
CountyEsmeralda
Named forD. C. Blair, a railroad agent[1]
Elevation
1,469 m (4,819 ft)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
GNIS feature ID848230

Blair Junction is the neglected site[2][better source needed] of a formerly populated settlement in Esmeralda County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.[3]

History

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Blair Junction was at the junction of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad and the Silver Peak Railroad, located 0.7 miles south of the present Blair Junction on Nevada State Route 265.[3] On the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, Coaldale was to the west and McLeans was to the east.

A post office called Blair Junction was in operation from 1922 until 1923.[4]

Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Map, circa 1910, showing Blair Junction.

References

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  1. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 30.
  2. ^ "Silver Peak Railroad, Blair, Junction, Nevada". Flickr. June 6, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blair Junction (historical)
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blair Junction Post Office (historical)