Tule, Nevada

Tule is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.[1]

Tule, Nevada
Tule, Nevada
Tule, Nevada
Coordinates: 41°01′27″N 117°39′00″W
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyHumboldt
Elevation
4,321 ft (1,317 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)775
GNIS feature ID856155[1]

Tule was a station east of Weso on the Southern Pacific Railroad with the first reference from a 1881 map.[2] The name comes from the Nahuatl word "tollin", which means bullrush.[2]

An 1890 book includes Tule in a list of towns and settlements in Humboldt County.[3]

Notes

  1. "Tule, Nevada". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming. p. 264. Retrieved March 16, 2020.



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