Subject: Esmeralda/Nye notch near Tonopah<br/>
Date: Jun 13, 2003 @ 00:56<br/>
Author: adamnvillani (&quot;adamnvillani&quot; &lt;avillani@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1760008892">For a while, I&#39;ve stared at maps of Nevada and wondered about how the <br/>
seat of Nye County, NV, (Tonopah) is on a road (US-95) that seems to <br/>
go just barely over the county line from Esmeralda County. So, one of <br/>
the largest counties in the country has a seat that almost not in <br/>
that county. I took a look at the USGS map of the area, and it seems <br/>
like the county line was laid out with a little notch in it to give <br/>
the area within a couple miles of Tonopah all over to Nye County. The <br/>
line trends NW/SE, but there&#39;s a notch carved out of it that runs <br/>
directly E/W and then directly N/S to make a little extra room for <br/>
Tonopah in Nye. Does anyone know the history of this? Why didn&#39;t they <br/>
do the opposite and make Tonopah part of Esmeralda County? Do the <br/>
county lines pre-date the town? It seems like the chronology of <br/>
events might be 1) original county line 2) town is founded 3) county <br/>
line is adjusted.<br/>
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Here&#39;s a map:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=11&n=4213089&e=479893&s=25&size=l">http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=11&n=4213089&e=479893&s=25&size=l</a><br/>
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Adam</div>