McGill, Nevada

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McGill, Nevada is a small historic unincorporated community in eastern Nevada that developed as a company town for a major copper smelter in the early 20th century.

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McGill, Nevada canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode 775 ⓘ
associatedWithCompany Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company ⓘ
censusDesignatedPlaceSince 2010 census ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county White Pine County, Nevada ⓘ
developedAs company town ⓘ
distanceToEly about 12 miles north ⓘ
economicTransition post-smelter decline and stabilization ⓘ
economicTypeHistoric single-industry town ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,890 meters ⓘ
approximately 6,200 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 32-45000 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0855660 ⓘ
governingBody White Pine County Commission ⓘ
hasFeature remains of large copper smelter ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict McGill Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction smelter town ⓘ
hasMuseum McGill Drug Store Museum ⓘ
historicalEraOfGrowth early 20th century ⓘ
housingTypeHistoric company-owned housing ⓘ
layoutTypeHistoric planned company town ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Nevada ⓘ
locatedInValley Steptoe Valley ⓘ
namedAfter William N. McGill NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Ely, Nevada ⓘ
populationCensus2010 1,148 ⓘ
populationCensus2020 approximately 1,000 ⓘ
postalCode 89318 ⓘ
powerSourceHistoric industrial smelter power plant ⓘ
primaryIndustryHistoric copper smelting ⓘ
region Great Basin ⓘ
eastern White Pine County ⓘ
servedByHighway Nevada State Route 782 ⓘ
U.S. Route 93 Alternate NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedByRailroadHistoric Nevada Northern Railway ⓘ
smelterClosed 1983 ⓘ
smelterConstructionBegan 1906 ⓘ
smelterOperationsBegan 1908 ⓘ
state Nevada ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Pacific Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Time Zone
waterSourceHistoric company-built water system ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White Pine County, Nevada → contains → McGill, Nevada ⓘ
Steptoe Valley → near → McGill, Nevada ⓘ
McGill Historic District → locatedIn → McGill, Nevada ⓘ
McGill Drug Store Museum → locatedIn → McGill, Nevada ⓘ
Nevada State Route 782 → connects → McGill, Nevada ⓘ