Jack Creek, Nevada

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Nevada, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|image_skyline = 2014-09-01 14 47 48 View east along Elko County Route 732 (Jack Creek Summit Road) in Jack Creek, Nevada.JPG

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|timezone = Pacific (PST)

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|blank1_info = 862573{{GNIS|862573}}

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Jack Creek is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It took its name from nearby Jack Creek.{{cite book|last=Carlson|first=Helen S.|title=Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&pg=PA143|date=1 January 1974|publisher=University of Nevada Press|isbn=978-0-87417-094-8|page=143}}

The Jack Creek area became the prime source of wood for Tuscarora.[http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/jackcreek.htm Jack Creek ghost town] Jack Creek soon became a stop on the Northern Stage Company's line from Tuscarora to Mountain City. It was created a little community of about 20 inhabitants and few other ranches had formed in the region. A local rancher Chesley Woodward operated in the city a store, a restaurant, a rooming house for many years.[http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/jackcreek.htm Information about Jack Creek in Ghosttown.com] Population has increased and an Opera House was built there, but it was very small, but people of the little community liked of the leisure and camaraderie. Harrington died in 1886 and his properties were acquired by several owners and the area was developed for travelers and fishing parties and hunters and became a local sportsmen's mecca.