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Belmont

Ghost town · Nye County, Nevada

Belmont East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Belmont East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Belmont 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 Belmont as a historical populated place: 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 38.5960° N, 116.8742° W.

Key facts

Nearest living townTonopah, NV
Distance to it40.3 miles
Coordinates38.59604, -116.87424

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What's there now

Belmont is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Tonopah, NV (population 1,938), about 40.3 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Belmont, NV ruined building
Belmont, NV ruined building · Vivaverdi / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

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Questions

Where is Belmont?

Belmont is in Nye County, Nevada, at 38.5960, -116.8742.

How many ghost towns are in Nye County?

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

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