Formed November 25, 1861 (4th county)
Esmeralda County (729), Goldfield* (225)
The 1907 stone Armory style courthouse is located on Crook Street at Euclid Street. United States Highway 95 is Crook Street. M. J. Curtis provided the designs. The county was organized on November 25, 1861 as one of the original counties (4th county.) Esmeralda County is a Spanish word for “emerald.” The county seat is a geographical description of the local gold mines. Aurora (1861), Hawthorne (1883), and Goldfield (1907) have all served as the county seat.
Esmeralda County government consists of a manager, a sheriff, an attorney, a treasurer and a clerk (executive). It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.) Two District Court Judges serve Esmeralda and Nye counties and One Justice Court Judge serves Esmeralda County (judicial.) The county is on the southwest border with California. Reno, Nevada is northwest and Las Vegas, Nevada is southeast of the county. The county center is 14.2 miles Northwest of Goldfield. The county is surrounded clockwise by Nye County and California and Mineral County.
The area of the city is 3589 square miles. It is 13 out of 17 in the state. It ranks 17 out of 17 in population in the state. It has a density of 0.2 persons per square mile making it 17 out of 17 in the state. Esmeralda County has 0.0% of its population in its incorporated areas since there are no incorporated cities. United States Highway 6 crosses the county east to west from Nye County to Mineral County. United States Highway 95 enters from the northwest, Mineral County, joins United States Highway 6 to the east, Nye, County, reenters the county, and finally exits southeast into Nye County. The highest point in Nevada, Boundary Peak, is in the county. The county is shaped like a knife blade. Goldfield is located on the eastern border of the county. Goldfield is the county seat and the largest populated area. It is 30.9% of the county population. The county is pronounced ES-MER-AL-DA.
Goldfield (unincorporated)
