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Hesse Camp

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NEVADA

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

Location Record

Name
Hesse Camp
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Nevada
County
Clark County
USGS Map
Hoover Dam
Coordinates
36.0988679, -114.7477627
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GNIS Feature ID
851442

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS historical note

Mining promotion at (then) mouth of Las Vegas Wash during 1920s. Now under Lake Mead (NV-T302)

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 851442. 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.

  • Text Avertt, Walter R. Directory of Southern Nevada Place Names 1963-12-31 00:00:00 Avertt, Walter R. Directory of Southern Nevada Place Names. Revised edition: printed by the author, 1963, 114 pp. Gives historical background on place names in southern Nevada.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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