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Stirling

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NEVADA

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

Location Record

Name
Stirling
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Nevada
County
Nye County
USGS Map
Mount Stirling
Coordinates
36.4852348, -115.9586391
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GNIS Feature ID
846707

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

camp at Stirling Mine, on the north side of Mt Stirling

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 846707. 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.