Riepetown
Riepetown is a ghost town in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Riepetown is located on former State Route 485, 3 miles southwest of its junction with U.S. Route 50; 5 miles northwest of Ely.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: unincorporated community in Nevada
- Also known as: “Reipetown”, “Riepetown, Nevada”, “Riepetown, NV”, and “Rieptown”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruth and Lane City.
Ruth
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ruth is a census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Founded in 1903, it had a population of 440 at the 2010 census. Ruth was built as a company town for the adjacent Robinson Mine, a large open-pit copper mine, which is still in operation as of 2022. Ruth is situated 2 miles northeast of Riepetown.
Lane City
Locality
Lane City or Mineral City was a settlement in White Pine County, Nevada. It is now a ghost town. A mining camp was founded in 1869 just west of Ely, Nevada, and named Mineral City until 1876. Lane City is situated 4½ miles east of Riepetown.
Riepetown
- Category: unincorporated community in the United States
- Location: White Pine, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.26455° or 39° 15′ 52″ northLongitude
-115.01144° or 115° 0′ 41″ westElevation
7,077 feet (2,157 metres)Open location code
85F67X7Q+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 150967855OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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