Gold Hill

Gold Hill is an unincorporated community in , United States, located approximately 1.5 miles south of Virginia City. The town was established in 1859 following the discovery of gold.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: town in Nevada
  • Also known as: “Gold Hill, Nevada” and “Goldhill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Virginia City Historic District.

Historic site
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is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of and Gold Hill, both in , as well as and , both to the south in adjacent , , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Virginia City and Silver City.

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is a small Old West town south of on highway 341, in Storey County, .

Hamlet
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is a small residential community in , . Established in 1859, it developed as a mining settlement during the Comstock era and served as an important staging point between nearby mines and ore-processing mills along the . is situated 2 miles southeast of Gold Hill.

Town
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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , United States. The population was 15,153 at the 2020 census. is the second-oldest Nevada settlement, after , and is home to the oldest hotel in the state. is situated 5 miles southeast of Gold Hill.

Gold Hill

Latitude
39.29157° or 39° 17′ 30″ north
Longitude
-119.65787° or 119° 39′ 28″ west
Elevation
5,843 feet (1,781 metres)
Open location code
85F278RR+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150953965
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5504713
Wiki­data ID
Q5399329
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chechen to Ukrainian—“Gold Hill” goes by many names.
  • Chechen: “Голд-Гилл”
  • Chinese: “戈爾德希爾 (內華達州)”
  • Chinese: “戈爾德希爾”
  • Dutch: “Gold Hill”
  • French: “Gold Hill”
  • German: “Gold Hill”
  • Hebrew: “גולד היל”
  • Portuguese: “Gold Hill”
  • Russian: “Голд-Хилл”
  • Spanish: “Gold Hill”
  • Swedish: “Gold Hill”
  • Tatar: “Голд-Гилл”
  • Ukrainian: “Голд-Гілл”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґолд-Гілл”

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