Jessup
Jessup, also briefly known as White Canyon, is a ghost town in Churchill County, Nevada, United States. It was founded in 1908 after gold and silver mine claims were located.
- Type: Locality
- Description: ghost town in Nevada, United States
- Also known as: “Jessup, Nevada”
Jessup
- Category: ghost town
- Location: Churchill, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.94852° or 39° 56′ 55″ north
Longitude
-118.87488° or 118° 52′ 30″ west
Elevation
4,551 feet (1,387 metres)
Open location code
85F3W4XG+C2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Navajo—“Jessup” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “傑瑟普”
- Navajo: “Tséłgaiikooh (kinsááʼ)”
- Navajo: “Tséłgaiikooh”
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