Loring
Ghost town · Pershing County, Nevada

Loring is a ghost town in Pershing County, Nevada. It is one of 36 former communities in Pershing County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Loring as a historical populated place on the Coal Canyon 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 40.2330° N, 118.3385° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Coal Canyon |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 4,522 ft |
| Nearest living town | Lovelock, NV |
| Distance to it | 8.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 846345 |
| Coordinates | 40.23297, -118.33848 |
What's there now
Loring is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lovelock, NV (population 1,611), about 8.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,522 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Sanbornghost town · Pershing County · 4.1 mi
- Oreanaghost town · Pershing County · 5.6 mi
- Foltzghost town · Pershing County · 8.3 mi
- Torreytownghost town · Pershing County · 8.7 mi
- Limaghost town · Pershing County · 9.2 mi
- Central Rochesterghost town · Pershing County · 9.3 mi
- Etnaghost town · Pershing County · 9.6 mi
- Rochesterghost town · Pershing County · 9.7 mi
- Clarksvilleghost town · Pershing County · 9.9 mi
- Rochester Heightsghost town · Pershing County · 10.1 mi
- East Rochesterghost town · Pershing County · 10.2 mi
- Vanderwaterghost town · Pershing County · 12.6 mi
Questions
Where is Loring?
Loring is in Pershing County, Nevada, at 40.2330, -118.3385.
How many ghost towns are in Pershing County?
Pershing County, Nevada has 36 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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 2026-11-05.