Misplaced Pages

Lee, Nevada

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Populated place in Nevada, United States
Lee, Nevada
Populated place
Lee is located in NevadaLeeLeeLocation 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
Elevation5,735 ft (1,748 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID863273

Lee is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. 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. The community takes its name from Lee Creek, which flows near the site.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lee, Nevada
  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.
Municipalities and communities of Elko County, Nevada, United States
County seat: Elko
Cities
Elko County map
CDPs
Other
unincorporated
communities
Indian reservations
Ghost towns
Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


Stub icon

This Elko County, Nevada state location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: