Simonsville
A historical populated place in Clark County, Nevada, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
at site of Overton airport
GNIS historical note
originally called Mill Point for grist mill built by James Leithead in Dec 1865, changed to Simonsville after Orrawell Simons built another mill there in 1866 (NV-T207/p70).
Also recorded as
- Mill Point
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 851286. 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.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.