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Pioneer

Ghost town · Nye County, Nevada

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

Pioneer is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, recorded as human settlement in Nevada, United States of America. 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 Pioneer as a historical populated place on the Pine Creek Ranch 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 38.8038° N, 116.8065° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePine Creek Ranch
Nearest living townKingston, NV
Distance to it31.4 miles
GNIS feature ID846336
Coordinates38.80382, -116.80647

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What's there now

Pioneer is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Kingston, NV (population 119), about 31.4 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Ruins at the ghost town of Pioneer, Nevada, in the United States. The site of the former mining town is about 130 miles (210 km) northwest of Las Vegas
Ruins at the ghost town of Pioneer, Nevada, in the United States. The site of the former mining town is about 130 miles (210 km) northwest of Las Vegas · Finetooth / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Questions

Where is Pioneer?

Pioneer is in Nye County, Nevada, at 38.8038, -116.8065.

How many ghost towns are in Nye County?

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

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