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Royston

Ghost town · Nye County, Nevada

Outlaw Springs SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1980, 1:24,000)
Outlaw Springs SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1980, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Royston 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 Royston as a historical populated place on the Outlaw Springs SE 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 38.3191° N, 117.5093° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleOutlaw Springs SE
Elevation5,282 ft
Nearest living townTonopah, NV
Distance to it22.5 miles
GNIS feature ID848316
Coordinates38.31910, -117.50926

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What's there now

Royston is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Tonopah, NV (population 1,938), about 22.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,282 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Royston?

Royston is in Nye County, Nevada, at 38.3191, -117.5093.

How many ghost towns are in Nye County?

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

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