Elko, Nevada

Though Elko lies along the route of the historic California Trail, its roots as a town date only back to its establishment in 1868 by settlers, when it was at the east end of the railroad tracks built by the Central Pacific Railroad (the portion of the First transcontinental railroad built from California to Utah). When the railroad crews moved on, Elko remained, serving as a center for ranching, mining, rail freight, and general supplies.{{cite journal| last=Hickson| first=Howard| date=Fall 1983| title=Elko, Nevada: 1868-1968| journal=Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly| volume=83| issue=4}}

Elko is said to have been named by Charles Crocker, a superintendent of the Central Pacific Railroad. He was fond of animal names and added the letter "o" to Elk. There is no definitive evidence of this naming history, but it has become the widely accepted version.

The first Elko County Courthouse was built in 1869. Elko was officially incorporated as a city in 1917.{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409171723/http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-date=2018-04-09 |url-status=live | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=24}} The first church and school opened in 1870, and in 1896, Elko High School became the first county school in Nevada.{{cite web |title=Elko: The First 100 Years |url=https://www.gbcnv.edu/howh/elkohist.html |website=gbcnv.edu |access-date=March 28, 2025}}

In 1925, the Kelly Act (also known as the Air Mail Act of 1925) authorized the United States Postal Service to contract with private airlines for the feeder routes that fed the main transcontinental route. The first commercial airmail flight in the United States was on the {{convert|487|mi|adj=on}} Airmail Route #5 from Pasco, Washington, to what would become Elko Regional Airport on April 6, 1926. The flight was piloted by Leon D. Cuddeback and included a brief stop in Boise, Idaho, to pick up more mail.{{cite journal| last=Hickson| first=Howard| date=Fall 1970| title=Dirt Runways: Elko Airport - The Early Years (1919-1926)| journal=Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly| volume=1| issue=2}}

The 1910 replacement for the original courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The U.S. Post Office-Elko Main, which was built in 1933, is also listed.

The population of Elko greatly increased in the late 1960s when microscopic gold was discovered along the Carlin Unconformity. Many mining companies arrived and there was an influx of residents.{{cite web |title=Elko, Elko County |url=https://www.nvexpeditions.com/elko/elko.php#:~:text=Though%20the%20area%20was%20a,and%20two%20banks%20and%20hotels. |website=nvexpeditions.com |access-date=March 29, 2025}}

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|45.7|km2|order=flip}}, all land, though the path of the Humboldt River fills from time to time. Elko is also very close to the Ruby Mountains.

File:Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) - Elko Area, NV(ThreadEx).svg

Elko's climate is semi-arid (Köppen climate classification BSk). January is normally the coldest month of the year, with a daily average temperature of {{convert|25.1|°F|1}}, and July is the hottest of the year, with a daily average of {{convert|70.2|°F|1}}. There are an average of 1.8 days with {{convert|100|°F}} highs, 44 days of {{convert|90|°F}} highs, 24 days that do not top freezing, 198 nights with freezing lows, and 12 nights with sub-{{convert|0|°F}} lows; the growing season here is short, as the average window for freezing temperatures is September 10 through June 9. Annual precipitation averages {{convert|9.89|in|mm|1}}, falling on an average of 81 days, while annual snowfall averages {{convert|41.5|in|mm}}. There are normally 130 sunny days each year.{{cite web |url=https://www.climate-zone.com/climate/united-states/nevada/elko/ |website=climate-zone.com |title=Climate information for Elko - Nevada |accessdate=2025-03-24}} The highest temperature on record is {{convert|107|°F|1|disp=or}}, most recently on July 4, 1981, and the lowest on record is {{convert|-43|°F}} on January 21, 1937.{{fact|date=March 2025}}

The most rainfall in 24 hours was {{convert|4.13|in|mm|1}} on August 27, 1970, and the most water-equivalent precipitation in one month was {{convert|5.71|in|mm|1}} – all as snow – in January 1916. The most rainfall in one calendar year was {{convert|18.34|in|mm|1}} in 1983, and the least {{convert|4.35|in|mm|1}} in 1919, though from July 1923 to June 1924, only {{convert|3.72|in|mm|1}} was recorded. The most snowfall in one month was {{convert|69.0|in|cm}} in January 1890, with the most in one season being more than {{convert|91|in|cm|0}} from July 1889 to June 1890 (some days being missing) and the least {{convert|6.00|in|cm}} from July 1939 to June 1940.{{cite web| url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nv2573| title=ELKO WB AIRPORT, NEVADA - Climate Summary| work=wrcc.dri.edu| access-date=June 6, 2010}} The greatest depth of snow on the ground was {{convert|24|in|cm}} on February 5, 1932, though an average winter will see a maximum snow cover of {{convert|7|in|cm}}.

{{Weather box|location=Elko, Nevada (Elko Regional Airport), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1890–present

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|Jan record high F = 65

|Feb record high F = 70

|Mar record high F = 78

|Apr record high F = 87

|May record high F = 97

|Jun record high F = 104

|Jul record high F = 107

|Aug record high F = 107

|Sep record high F = 102

|Oct record high F = 92

|Nov record high F = 83

|Dec record high F = 65

|year record high F = 107

|Jan avg record high F = 50.6

|Feb avg record high F = 56.0

|Mar avg record high F = 67.9

|Apr avg record high F = 77.5

|May avg record high F = 85.8

|Jun avg record high F = 93.8

|Jul avg record high F = 99.6

|Aug avg record high F = 97.3

|Sep avg record high F = 91.3

|Oct avg record high F = 81.1

|Nov avg record high F = 66.7

|Dec avg record high F = 52.7

|year avg record high F = 100.0

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|Feb high F = 42.8

|Mar high F = 53.1

|Apr high F = 59.6

|May high F = 70.0

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|Jul high F = 91.8

|Aug high F = 90.0

|Sep high F = 80.1

|Oct high F = 65.5

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|year high F = 63.4

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|Feb mean F = 31.6

|Mar mean F = 39.9

|Apr mean F = 45.6

|May mean F = 54.2

|Jun mean F = 63.2

|Jul mean F = 71.9

|Aug mean F = 69.6

|Sep mean F = 60.3

|Oct mean F = 47.4

|Nov mean F = 35.9

|Dec mean F = 26.7

|year mean F = 47.8

|Jan low F = 16.0

|Feb low F = 20.5

|Mar low F = 26.8

|Apr low F = 31.5

|May low F = 38.5

|Jun low F = 44.9

|Jul low F = 52.0

|Aug low F = 49.2

|Sep low F = 40.5

|Oct low F = 29.4

|Nov low F = 21.9

|Dec low F = 15.4

|year low F = 32.2

|Jan avg record low F = −5.1

|Feb avg record low F = −2.1

|Mar avg record low F = 12.5

|Apr avg record low F = 17.9

|May avg record low F = 23.3

|Jun avg record low F = 31.8

|Jul avg record low F = 38.8

|Aug avg record low F = 35.6

|Sep avg record low F = 24.3

|Oct avg record low F = 13.2

|Nov avg record low F = 3.3

|Dec avg record low F = −4.1

|year avg record low F = −11.4

|Jan record low F = −43

|Feb record low F = −41

|Mar record low F = −15

|Apr record low F = −2

|May record low F = 8

|Jun record low F = 12

|Jul record low F = 28

|Aug record low F = 20

|Sep record low F = 9

|Oct record low F = 0

|Nov record low F = −16

|Dec record low F = −41

|year record low F = −43

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 1.19

|Feb precipitation inch = 0.89

|Mar precipitation inch = 0.97

|Apr precipitation inch = 1.05

|May precipitation inch = 1.22

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|Jul precipitation inch = 0.36

|Aug precipitation inch = 0.33

|Sep precipitation inch = 0.59

|Oct precipitation inch = 0.74

|Nov precipitation inch = 0.88

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|Feb snow inch = 6.8

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|Jul snow inch = 0.0

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|Jul precipitation days = 3.2

|Aug precipitation days = 3.1

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|Jul snow days = 0.0

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|Sep snow days = 0.0

|Oct snow days = 0.6

|Nov snow days = 3.6

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|source 1=NWS{{cite web

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|access-date = September 7, 2022

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{{update|section|date=March 2025|reason=Newer data is available from the 2010 and 2020 census reports}}

{{US Census population

|1870= 1160

|1880= 752

|1890= 766

|1900= 849

|1910= 1677

|1920= 2173

|1930= 3217

|1940= 4094

|1950= 5393

|1960= 6298

|1970= 7621

|1980= 8758

|1990= 14736

|2000= 16708

|2010= 18297

|2020= 20564

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{dead link|date=March 2025}}

}}

As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }} of 2000, there were 16,708 people, 6,200 households, and 4,216 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,153.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,948 housing units at an average density of {{convert|479.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 83.16% White, 0.37% Black, 2.66% Native American, 1.12% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 9.63% from other races, and 2.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.12% of the population.

There were 6,200 households, out of which 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $48,608, and the median income for a family was $52,754. Males had a median income of $43,397 versus $27,366 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,101. About 6.1% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.9% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.

Elko's economy is based heavily on gold mining, with ranching, tourism and the casino industry providing additional jobs. The city is considered the capital of Nevada's goldbelt. The state of Nevada produces more gold than all but four countries, and most of the gold from Nevada is mined near Elko. This has caused the town to have a boom and bust economy consistent with the rises and declines in the price of gold. The town is surrounded by hundreds of abandoned mining camps, and viewing them is a popular local activity. A gold boom in the 1980s that ended in a bust in the late 1990s left the town with large numbers of abandoned homes and left the local governments struggling to survive on reduced tax revenues. With a new gold boom starting in 2009, city officials have been reluctant to hire new employees and have decided to build a reserve in the city budget to prepare for the next bust.{{cite news |title=Elko, Nev., takes the gold boom with a grain of doubt |author=Ashley Powers |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 20, 2011 |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-20-la-na-nevada-gold-20110921-story.html |access-date=September 23, 2011}}

Elko has struggled to bring in other industries, mostly because of its isolation and the surrounding harsh desert environment. Hunter S. Thompson quipped that in Elko, "The federal government owns 90% of this land, and most of it is useless for anything except weapons testing and poison-gas experiments," although no experiments have been conducted in Elko or Elko County but were famously carried out at the Nevada Test Site near Rachel, in Southern Nevada.

Elko has been the home of the annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering since 1985.{{cite web| url=http://www.westernfolklife.org/site1/index.php/25th-Gathering.html |title=Western Folklife Center - National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Home Page |work=westernfolklife.org |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317102447/http://www.westernfolklife.org/site1/index.php/25th-Gathering.html |archive-date=March 17, 2010 }} This festival is held each January and is a week-long celebration of life in the rural West, featuring poetry, music, stories, gear, film, photography, and food. A notable regular attendee was Canadian country musician Ian Tyson.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=The gift: What Ian Tyson left us |url=https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/remembering-ian-tyson?mc_cid=34b4248285&mc_eid=269a11f079 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=The Sprawl |language=en}}

Every July, since 1963, Elko is host to the National Basque Festival.{{cite web| url=http://www.elkocva.com/basquefestival.shtml |title=Elko Convention and Visitors Authority, Elko Nevada |work=elkocva.com |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111072126/http://www.elkocva.com/basquefestival.shtml |archive-date=January 11, 2010 }} In 2013 they were scheduled to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Humorously referred to as the "Basquo Fiasco", it is a celebration of traditional Basque culture and its ties to the Elko community. The festival includes strongman competitions, handball, a running of the bulls, traditional food and wine, and Basque dancing.

Elko is the home of the Western Folklife Center,{{cite web| url=http://www.westernfolklife.org/| title=Western Folklife Center - Home| work=westernfolklife.org| access-date=June 6, 2010}} a regional nonprofit organization that works to expand understanding of the everyday traditions of people who live and work in the American West. The Western Folklife Center is downtown in the old Pioneer Hotel.

A number of casinos are located in Elko, including Stockmen's Casino and Hotel, the Commercial Casino, the High Desert Casino, Gold Dust West, The Maverick Casino, and the Gold Country Inn and Casino. The Commercial Casino is notable for having a stuffed {{convert|10|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} polar bear on display. For many years the Red Lion brought gamblers to Elko from many parts of the country through flights on Casino Express. The flights to Elko ended in February 2006.

Elko is also home to legal prostitutes and contains active brothels. Under Nevada law, any county with a population of less than 400,000 is allowed to license brothels if it so chooses.{{cite web| url=http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-244.html#NRS244Sec345| title=NRS: CHAPTER 244 - COUNTIES: GOVERNMENT| work=leg.state.nv.us| access-date=June 6, 2010}}

Several geothermal features can be found in Elko, the largest of which is the Elko Hot Hole. Hot springs were used by travelers on the California Trail and subsequently by settlers.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/Geothermal/site.php?sid=Elko%20Hot%20Springs |title=Elko Hot Springs |work=University of Nevada-Reno |access-date=June 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714150920/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Elko%20Hot%20Springs |archive-date=July 14, 2007 }}

Notable attractions in the Elko region include the Ruby Mountains, in which is the popular Lamoille Canyon. To the north, the Jarbidge Wilderness is among the least visited and cleanest wilderness areas in the United States.

Elko is served by the Elko County School District; they have one high school within the city limits, Elko High School.

Great Basin College is located in Elko.

Elko also has a public library, a branch of the Elko-Lander-Eureka County Library System.{{cite web | url=https://publiclibraries.com/state/nevada/ | title=Nevada Public Libraries | publisher=PublicLibraries.com | access-date=14 June 2019}}

• [http://elkodaily.com/ Elko Daily Free Press]
• Elko Independent

• Elko Television District
• KENV-DT (TBD affiliate, formerly of NBC)

Global One Media:

• KBGZ 103.9 FM - "BIG Country" Country
• KHIX 96.7 FM - "Mix 96.7 FM" Top-40
• KUOL 94.5 FM - "94.5 Kool FM" Adult Hits
• KBGZ-HD2 107.7 FM - "TalkRadio 107.7 FM" News Talk
• [https://www.rock1011fm.com/ KBGZ-HD3 101.1 FM] - "Coyote Rock 101.1 FM" Classic Rock
• KBGZ-HD4 100.5 FM - "True Country Classics 100.1 FM" - Country Classics{{cite web |url=https://rubyradio.fm/ |title=Home |website=rubyradio.fm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220071429/http://www.rubyradio.fm/ |archive-date=2016-12-20}}{{dead link|date=March 2025}}

Elko Broadcasting Company:

• KELK 1240 AM - Adult Contemporary
• KELK 95.9 FM - Adult Contemporary
• KLKO 93.7 FM - Adult Hits
• KRJC 95.3 FM - Country
• KEAU 104.7 FM - Sports

Elko is the largest city between Salt Lake City and Reno, located along Interstate 80. Nevada State Route 225 (Mountain City Highway) connects Elko to Owyhee and southern Idaho, while Nevada State Route 227 (Lamoille Highway) extends southeast to Spring Creek and Lamoille.

Passenger bus service to Elko is available on Greyhound Lines, while Amtrak's daily California Zephyr provides train passenger service via Elko Station.

SkyWest Airlines, operating as Delta Connection, serves Elko Regional Airport (EKO) with regional jet service nonstop to the Delta Air Lines hub in Salt Lake City (SLC). It is the only airport open year-round in Northeastern Nevada. Additionally, Elko Regional Airport is the closest commercial airport to the Ruby Mountains that have many recreational activities.{{cite web |title=Elko Regional Airport |url=https://www.mountainwestaviation.com/elko-regional-airport.html |website=mountainwestaviation.com |access-date=March 28, 2025}}

Elko was once the home base of a jet air carrier, Casino Express Airlines, which operated Boeing 737-200 jetliners to many cities in the U.S. on a scheduled charter basis in support of the local casino industry. Casino Express changed its name to Xtra Airways and relocated its headquarters in June 2010 to Boise, Idaho, and again in May 2015 to Coral Gables, Florida.

Elko was also previously served by United Airlines with scheduled passenger jet service during the 1970s and early 1980s. According to Official Airline Guide (OAG) flight schedules as well as the airline's system timetables, United operated Boeing 737-200 jetliners into the Elko Regional Airport on a year-round basis with a daily round trip routing of San Francisco (SFO)-Reno (RNO)-Elko (EKO)-Ely (ELY)-Salt Lake City (SLC). United eventually discontinued all flights into Elko after serving the airport for over 50 years.

==Notable people==

• Dirk Borgognone, football player who currently holds the record for the longest field goal ever kicked in the history of high school football, 68 yards.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Cam |title=High school kicker drills 68-yard field goal ... in practice |url=https://usatodayhss.com/2014/high-school-kicker-drills-68-yard-field-goal-in-practice |website=USA Today Highschool Sports |date=15 September 2014 |publisher=USA Today |access-date=6 January 2021}}
• Lewis R. Bradley, second governor of Nevada, from 1871 to 1879; resident of Elko{{cite web| url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nevada/col2-content/main-content-list/title_bradley_lewis.html| title= Nevada Governor Lewis Rice Bradley| publisher= National Governors Association |access-date= September 26, 2012}}
• Mae Caine, suffragist and women's rights activist, civic leader, and government official
• Tim Gilligan, football player{{cite web | url=http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=gillitim001 | title=Tim Gilligan | publisher=justsportsstats.com | access-date=November 6, 2015}}
• Morley Griswold, 16th governor of Nevada, from 1934 to 1935; born in Elko{{cite book|last=Myles|first=Myrtle Tate|title=Nevada's governors: From territorial days to the present, 1861-1971|year=1972|publisher=Western Printing & Publishing Co|location=Sparks, NV|pages=310}}
• Dave Pratt, radio host, grew up in Elko before moving to Phoenix, ArizonaLarry Rodgers "[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2008/11/18/20081118pratt1118.html DJ diary Valley radio legend Dave Pratt's new autobiography has charitable spin]." The Arizona Republic. Nov. 18, 2008.
• Cy Sneed, Major League Baseball pitcher, was born in Elko.

{{gallery

|File:2014-06-04 12 04 00 View east along the Union Pacific Railroad from the 5th Street Bridge in Elko, Nevada.JPG

|Elko was settled with the coming of the railroad, which still runs past downtown Elko near the Humboldt River.

|File:2013-05-31 18 22 04 View southwest along the Humboldt River from the 9th Street Footbridge in downtown Elko Nevada.jpg

|View southwest along the Humboldt River from the 9th Street Footbridge in downtown Elko

|File:2014-06-13 12 20 53 View of Elko, Nevada from "E" Mountain in the Elko Hills of Nevada.JPG

|View of Elko from "E" Mountain

|File:2014-06-04 12 52 00 View northeast along Idaho Street southwest of 5th Street in Elko, Nevada.JPG

|View northeast along Idaho Street (SR 535) in downtown Elko

|File:Goldstrike pit.jpg

|Goldstrike mine, a large gold mine near Elko

|File:2015-03-16 13 24 39 "White King" polar bear on the Commercial Casino in Elko, Nevada.JPG

|The iconic "White King" at the Commercial Casino in downtown Elko

|File:2014-06-04 12 17 12 View across the Elko Hot Hole.JPG

|Elko Hot Hole, a hot spring on the southwest edge of the city

|File:KENV_(Elko,_Nevada).jpg

|KENV TV studios in Elko

|File:2014-06-02 13 16 25 View west along Interstate 80 from the Exit 301 overpass in Elko, Nevada.JPG

|Interstate 80 in Elko

|File:Elko Regional Airport.jpg

|Elko Airport terminal

}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.elkocity.com/ City of Elko official website]
• [http://www.elkonevada.com/ Elko Chamber of Commerce]

{{Elko County, Nevada}}

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