White Cloud City, Nevada

Detail from 1910 USGS map of White Cloud City, aka Coppereid,

White Cloud City, also known as Coppereid, is a ghost town inside Churchill County country, in Nevada, United States. It had a total population of 40 people. However nobody lives there today.

Coppereid was coined for John T Reid who mined copper. The community had a post office from April 1907 to June 1914.^[1]

White Cloud City was named for the canyon which were known for its iron mines that were discovered in 1898.^[1]

References

1 2 Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 86. ISBN 087417094X.

External links

White Cloud City (Coppereid) at GhostTowns.com

Coordinates: 39°50′56″N 118°13′08″W / 39.84889°N 118.21889°W / 39.84889; -118.21889

Municipalities and communities of Churchill County, Nevada, United States

County seat: Fallon

City	Fallon

CDP	Fallon Station

Unincorporated communities	Eastgate Frenchman Hazen Lahontan Middlegate

Indian reservations	Fallon Reservation Walker River Indian Reservation

Ghost towns	Bermond Station Coppereid Dixie Valley Fairview Jessup Leeteville Miriam Nevada City Ocala Parran Ragtown Stillwater Upsal White Cloud City White Plains Wonder

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