Goshute

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: Goshute
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Nevada
County: Elko County
USGS Map: Goshute Lake North
Coordinates: 40.1707648, -114.7094694
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GNIS Feature ID: 856039

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS historical note

A RR sta & PO on the Nevada Northern RR

Also recorded as

Goshiute
Goshiute Station
Gosiute

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 856039. 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 U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
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.