Esmeralda County, Nevada
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Esmeralda County
One of the original counties created in 1861.
Esmeralda is the Spanish word for emerald.

Nye County was organized on February 16, 1864 from land taken entirely from Esmeralda County.

Esmeralda has had three county seats: Aurora until 1883, Hawthorne from 1883-1907 and now Goldfield.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 783, making it the least populous county in Nevada.

Census-Designated Places:
Dyer * Goldfield (county seat) * Silver Peak

Ghost Towns
Blair * Coaldale * Hardluck * Lida * Gold Point * Palmetto

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Website Updates:
Nov 2018: obits for MYERS, PLAISTED, BREMER, KENDALL, LEWIS


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