Cherry Creek is a historic community located in northern White Pine County, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. White Pine County is a County located in the US state of Nevada. Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is located in the northern part of the long Steptoe Valley, north of the modern communities of McGill and Ely. The Steptoe Valley is a long basin located in White Pine County, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. McGill is a Census-designated place (CDP in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely (pronounced, rhyming with "freely" is a city in White Pine County, Nevada, in the United States. Immediately to the west is the Cherry Creek Range, while to the east is U.S. Route 93 and the Schell Creek Range. The Cherry Creek Range is a line of mountains in northern White Pine and southern Elko Counties in northeastern Nevada in the western United US Route 93 is a major north-south United States highway in the Western United States. The Schell Creek Range is a line of mountains in central White Pine County, in east-central Nevada in the western United States. Just to the south, in Egan Canyon, the Pony Express and subsequent stage lines made their way through the mountains of central Nevada in the 1860s. The Pony Express was a fast Mail service crossing the North American continent from St
In the early 1860s, gold and silver were discoved nearby. The town was built in 1873, starting a cycle of boom and bust. In Economics, the term boom and bust refers to the movement of an economy through Economic cycles. It may have had a population of up to 6000 in the late 1870s, many of whom left when the original mines played out in the mid-1880s. The discovery of additional deposits in the early 1900s and in the 1930s briefly revived the economy. Today there is an estimated population of just 20 residents and, of course, a working saloon. Many historic structures, including a museum, an early one-room schoolhouse, and the Cherry Creek Barrel Saloon, still stand among more modern buildings.
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- Cherry Creek, Nevada is at coordinates Coordinates: