Mill City, Nevada

Mill City is an unincorporated community in Pershing County, Nevada, United States.[1] The ZIP Code of Mill City is 89418.

The Burns Brothers nicknamed the town "Puckerbrush"

Mill City had its start as a mining community.[2] The community was named for a quartz mill near the original town site.[3] A post office called Mill City was in operation from 1864 until 1948.[4]

The community is four miles north of Imlay on I-80. The Humboldt River is to the northwest and the northern end of the Humboldt Range lies to the east.[5] State Route 400 passes through the town, continuing south towards Unionville. The Midway truck stop is located in Mill City, offering services to visitors and the dwindling population.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mill City
  2. "Imlay & Mill City". NevadaWeb. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 64.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mill City Post Office (historical)
  5. Mill City, NV, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1987
  6. Aaron, Jerry (2015). Nevada's Teamsters, Truckers & Truck Stops: A Chronicle. Wadsworth Publishing. p. 168. ISBN 9781889243689.



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