Rebel Creek, Nevada

Rebel Creek is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1]

History

A post office was established at Rebel Creek in 1902, and remained in operation until 1947.[2] The community takes its name from nearby Rebel Creek.[3]

gollark: I suppose they might if it would reduce their moderation burden, but people would complain ("OMG TWITTER IS HARBORING THE OUTGROUP!")...
gollark: I doubt it.
gollark: We had Cambridge Analytica and a gazillion random other things, and yet people probably just go "hmm, this sounds slightly bad, but abstract and not really relevant to me, and besides all my friends are here" and completely ignore it!
gollark: It'll probably take a giant scandal ("Facebook is stealing your credit card information and using it to buy random people illegal drugs!") to make people consider moving, and you know what? They probably won't!
gollark: Though they're still reachable by SMS, I can't participate in their group chats or whatever, and I probably can't convince them to use Signal.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rebel Creek (historical)
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rebel Creek Post Office
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 38.

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