Midas

Ghost town · Nye County, Nevada

South Shoshone Peak quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Midas 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.

Midas was established in 1907, in the early 20th century.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Midas as a historical populated place on the South Shoshone Peak 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 39.0402° N, 117.6215° W.

Key facts

Founded	1907
USGS quadrangle	South Shoshone Peak
Elevation	7,008 ft
Nearest living town	Gabbs, NV
Distance to it	20.7 miles
GNIS feature ID	848183
Coordinates	39.04020, -117.62149

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What's there now

Midas is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gabbs, NV (population 158), about 20.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 7,008 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

View south along Main Street about 2.4 miles north of the junction with Midas Road (Elko County Route 724) in Midas, Nevada · Famartin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby places

Idlewild
ghost town · Nye County · 2.1 mi
Ione
ghost town · Nye County · 6.6 mi
Duluth
ghost town · Nye County · 7.2 mi
Penelas
ghost town · Nye County · 7.5 mi
Glen Hamilton
ghost town · Nye County · 7.7 mi
Phonolite
ghost town · Nye County · 8.1 mi
Shamrock
ghost town · Nye County · 8.2 mi
Ellsworth
ghost town · Nye County · 8.5 mi
Burnt Cabin
ghost town · Lander County · 8.7 mi
Knickerbocker
ghost town · Nye County · 8.8 mi
Barrett
ghost town · Nye County · 10.6 mi
Union
ghost town · Nye County · 11.9 mi

Questions

Where is Midas?

Midas is in Nye County, Nevada, at 39.0402, -117.6215.

How many ghost towns are in Nye County?

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

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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