Lee, Nevada
Ghost town
Lee is located in Nevada
Lee
Lee
Location within the state of Nevada
Coordinates: 40°34′06″N 115°36′27″W / 40.56833°N 115.60750°W / 40.56833; -115.60750
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyElko
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)

Lee is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States.[1] The community is located on the reservation land belonging to, and constituting the sole organized community of, the South Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada. Lee is located at the western foothills of the Ruby Mountains range, within the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

A post office was established at Lee in 1882.[2] The community takes its name from Lee Creek, which flows near the site.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lee
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lee Post Office
  3. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 25.


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