Leete, Nevada
Ghost town
Leete is located in Nevada
Leete
Leete
Leete is located in the United States
Leete
Leete
Coordinates: 39°44′28″N 119°03′20″W / 39.74111°N 119.05556°W / 39.74111; -119.05556[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyChurchill
Elevation
[1]
4,039 ft (1,231 m)

Leete is a ghost town in Churchill County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] A variant name was "Eagle Salt Works".[1]

The community was named after B. F. Leete, who established the Eagle Salt Works at the site.[2][3]

In the early 1910s, Leete had a population of about 20.[4]

The Eagle Salt Works Post Office was in operation from July 1871 until Sept 1871 and from June 1877 until December 1899. In December 1899, the name was changed to the Leete Post Office, which closed in January 1912.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leete (historical)
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 12.
  3. ^ Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Hasch, Vera E.; Cleator, Cora M.; Bray, Florence L. (1911–1912). "The Significance of the Nomenclature in Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Ormsby and Storey Counties". Third Biennal Report of the Nevada Historical Society (Report). Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leete Post Office (historical)


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