Eureka (Nevada) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
census designated place in Eureka County, Nevada, United States
About Eureka (Nevada)
Eureka is located in the southern part of Eureka County, at 6,481 feet (1,975 m) in the Diamond Mountains, in a draw on the southern end of Diamond Valley, between Antelope and Newark valleys. At the 2010 census, the population of the census-designated place of Eureka was 610, while the total population of Eureka and the surrounding area was 1,373. The town was first settled in 1864 by a group of silver prospectors from nearby Austin, who discovered rock containing a silver-lead ore on nearby Prospect Peak. The town became the county seat in 1873, when Eureka County was carved out of adjacent Lander, Elko, and White Pine counties. Mining, especially for lead, was the town's economic mainstay, as the nearby hillsides ranked as Nevada's second-richest mineral producer, behind western Nevada'
Top Attractions in Eureka (Nevada)
Explore the best things to see and do in Eureka (Nevada):
- ★Eureka Sentinel Museum
- ★Richmond Mountain
Where to Stay in Eureka (Nevada)
- 🏨Eureka Gold Country Inn
- 🏨Jackson House
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