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Nipton

Nipton is an unincorporated community in the Ivanpah Valley in , United States. With a population of about 15 – 20, it is located on the northeastern border of , approximately 12 miles southeast of and the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: human settlement in San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Nippen”, “Nippeno”, “Nipton, CA”, and “Nipton, California”
  • Postal code: 92364

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crescent.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States located along Nevada State Route 164. Originally founded as a mining town in the early 20th century, it remains as a small isolated community with a population of 12 as of the 2020 United States Census. is situated 5 miles east of Nipton.

Nipton

Latitude
35.46719° or 35° 28′ 2″ north
Longitude
-115.27097° or 115° 16′ 16″ west
Elevation
3,031 feet (924 metres)
Inception
1905
United Nations Location Code
US NP5
Open location code
8576FP8H+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150959678
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5377117
Wiki­data ID
Q3474639
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Volapük—“Nipton” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Nipton”
  • Chinese: “尼普頓”
  • Dutch: “Nipton”
  • Estonian: “Nipton”
  • German: “Nipton”
  • Irish: “Nipton”
  • Persian: “نیپتون، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “نیپتون”
  • Polish: “Nipton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نیپتون، کالیفورنیا”
  • Ukrainian: “Ніптон”
  • Volapük: “Nipton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nipton”. Photo: High Plains Drifter, Public domain.