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Varyville

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NEVADA

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

Location Record

Name
Varyville
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Nevada
County
Humboldt County
USGS Map
Battle Creek Ranch
Coordinates
41.4929542, -118.8073967
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GNIS Feature ID
854662

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 town in Columbia MD began 1875-1880s, Leonard Creek late 1920s-1930s

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 854662. 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.