Bauvard

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · NEVADA

A historical populated place in Elko County, Nevada, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Bauvard
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Nevada
County: Elko County
USGS Map: Pilot Peak NW
Coordinates: 41.2365908, -114.2405736
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GNIS Feature ID: 856456

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS historical note

Southern Pacific division point (1904-1905) till town was moved to Montello 3 mi to the NE

Also recorded as

Banvard
Banvard Siding
Montello
Old Montello

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 856456. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Map Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Soils, Soils maps; various edition dates.
Text Rand McNally and Co. 'Pocket Map and Shippers Guide of Nevada', New York, 1901, 20 pages, plus plate, 1 inch = 27 miles.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.