Crystal, Clark County, Nevada

Unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, United States This article is about the former community in Clark County. For the unincorporated community in Nye County, see Crystal, Nye County, Nevada.

Ghost town in Nevada, United States

Crystal
Ghost town
Crystal
Coordinates: 36°30′7.33″N 114°45′44.82″W / 36.5020361°N 114.7624500°W / 36.5020361; -114.7624500
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Clark County

Crystal is a former unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It lies along the Union Pacific Railroad and had a population of 10 in 1941. It is now the site of a highway rest stop.

Historic maps of Nevada locate Crystal, Clark County to be northeast of Las Vegas along Interstate I-15 at Exit 75, which originally was part of the Nevada State Route 40 highway in that area. It is an enclave within the Moapa River Indian Reservation.

The community was named for the crystal rocks near the original town site.

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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crystal
^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 15.
Arrow Canyon SE, Nevada, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986

v t e Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Nevada, United States
County seat: Las Vegas
Cities	Boulder City Henderson Las Vegas Mesquite‡ North Las Vegas	Clark County map
CDPs	Blue Diamond Bunkerville Cal-Nev-Ari Enterprise Goodsprings Indian Springs Laughlin Moapa Moapa Valley Mount Charleston Nellis AFB Nelson Paradise Sandy Valley Searchlight Spring Valley Summerlin South Sunrise Manor Whitney Winchester
Unincorporated communities	Centennial Hills Cold Creek Corn Creek Cottonwood Cove Crescent Glendale Jean Las Vegas Chinatown Lone Mountain Logandale Lower Kyle Canyon Mountain Springs Overton Palm Gardens Primm Riverside Sloan Summerlin Stewarts Point Trout Canyon
Ghost towns	Arden Bard Bonelli's Ferry Borax Buster Falls Byron Cactus Springs Callville Colorado City Crystal Dike Dry Lake El Dorado City Erie Gold Butte Louisville Lovell Lucky Jim Camp Nelson's Landing Owens Potosi Quartette Rioville Roach Saint Joseph Solar St. Thomas San Juan Simonsville Stone's Ferry Valley Wann
Indian reservations	Fort Mojave Indian Reservation‡ Las Vegas Indian Colony Moapa River Indian Reservation
Proposed communities	Coyote Springs‡ Blue Diamond Hill housing proposals
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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36°30′05″N 114°45′46″W / 36.50139°N 114.76278°W / 36.50139; -114.76278

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