Dixie Valley, Nevada
Dixie Valley, Nevada | |
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Ghost town | |
Coordinates: 39°41′16″N 118°4′50″W / 39.68778°N 118.08056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nevada |
County | Churchill County, Nevada |
Elevation | 3,435 ft (1,047 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 856015 [1] |
Dixie Valley, Nevada, was a small ranching town in
The town had no retail businesses, most residents were more than a mile from their nearest neighbor, and a 1-room school (grades 1–8) was the teacher's residence and served as a meeting, dance, and election hall (grades 9–12 were bussed 75 miles to Fallon, Nevada). The abandoned town of Dixie was established at the head of Dixie Valley in 1861 and named by Southern sympathizers.[3]
The medium-sized Dixie Valley geothermal power plant (1988, 66 megawatts)[4] employs ~30 people and has 12 production steam wells and ~24 injection wells.
1954 earthquakes
A very large
Education
The Churchill County School District is the school district of the county. By 1971 the board of trustees opted to close the Dixie Valley school. At the time 10 Dixie Valley students were enrolled in the schools in Fallon.[6]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dixie Valley, Nevada
- ^ Mackedon, Michon. "Dixie Land". WNC.edu. Retrieved June 20, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 978-0874170948.
- ^ Shevenell, Lisa; et al. (2000). "Geothermal Resources in Nevada" (PDF). Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- United States Government Printing Office, pp. 287, 288, 295, 296
- Newspapers.com.