Stillwater, Nevada

Stillwater, Nevada
Ghost town
Stillwater, Nevada
Coordinates: 39°31′18″N 118°32′50″W / 39.52167°N 118.54722°W / 39.52167; -118.54722
Country United States
State Nevada
CountyChurchill

Stillwater is a ghost town in Churchill County, Nevada, United States. From November 8, 1867[1] to January 1, 1904[2], Stillwater served as the county seat of Churchill County until the role was moved to Fallon.

In July 1862, a station of the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company was established in Churchill County. Its name was derived from the Stillwater Slough which was a deep sluggish waterway.[3] Settlers began arriving in the fall of 1862 and the spring of 1863, and the town of Stillwater grew up around the station. On November 7, 1867, following a county vote, Stillwater became the county seat of Churchill County, replacing La Plata, and by May 7, 1868, the county seat post office had been moved there.[1][4] Between 1867 and 1868, Stillwater was its most prosperous, with a population of 150.[5]

On January 1, 1904, following an act by the 21st Nevada Legislature, the county seat and courthouse were moved to Fallon[2] Following the removal of county seat status, the decline of Stillwater was hastened, although the population was listed as 420 as late as 1940. The Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1949. Stillwater was a Pony Express Stop.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Removal of the County Seat of huchill.[sic]". Daily Territorial Enterprise. November 8, 1867.
  2. ^ a b 21st Nevada Legislature Chap. XXVII.–An Act to remove the county seat of Churchill County from the Town of Stillwater to the Town of Fallon.
  3. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 13.
  4. ^ "A New Postoffice Diectory". Carson Daily Appeal. May 7, 1868.
  5. ^ Angel, Myron, ed. (1881). History of Nevada With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers. Thompson & West, Publishers. p. 364.
  6. ^ William Henry Jackson (1951). "Pony express route April 3, 1860 - October 24, 1861".
  7. ^ "Details of Churchill County". University of Nevada Oral History Program. September 19, 1997. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  • Detail of 1910 map
  • Pony Express route map
  • Stillwater main street 1907

39°31′18″N 118°32′50″W / 39.52167°N 118.54722°W / 39.52167; -118.54722


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