Simonsville, Nevada
Simonsville | |
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Ghost town | |
Location within the state of Nevada | |
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Country | United States |
State | Nevada |
County | Clark |
Elevation | 1,325 ft (404 m) |
Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
• Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
GNIS feature ID | 851286[1] |
Simonsville is a ghost town in Clark County, Nevada, that was located on the east bank of the Muddy River west of the south end of the Overton Airport in the Moapa Valley.[1]
History
Simonsville was originally called Mill Point for the grist mill first built there by James Leithead. The name was changed changed to Simonsville in December 1865, named after Orrawell Simons who would build another mill there in 1866.[1][2] Simonsville was abandoned in 1870 like most of the Mormon farms and settlements in the Moapa Valley, due to a tax dispute with the Nevada state government, and it was never reoccupied.[citation needed]
Today
The site of Simonsville is occupied by more recent structures.
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Simonsville (historical)
- ↑ Avertt, Walter R. Directory of Southern Nevada Place Names. Revised edition: printed by the author, 1963, p.70
- Pages with reference errors
- Articles with unsourced statements from April 2015
- Ghost towns in Clark County, Nevada
- History of the Mojave Desert region
- Populated places established in 1865
- 1865 establishments in Arizona Territory
- Ghost towns in Nevada
- Arizona Territory
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