Afton, Nevada

Ghost Town in Nevada, United States

41°28′40″N 115°06′53″W / 41.47778°N 115.11472°W / 41.47778; -115.11472^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateNevadaCountyElkoElevation

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6,430 ft (1,960 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)

Afton is a ghost town Elko County, Nevada, in the United States.^[1]

History

Afton was settled by Mormons from Afton, Wyoming^[2] and the new site was named with name, but also known by "Taber City". The town has started in 1910 and had fifty homesteaders. Afton was located north^[2] of the large Mormon dry farming experiment at Metropolis. The post office at Afton was in operation from September 1914 until January 1918.^[2]^[3] The site was plagued in 1915 by a lack of rain and for an invasion of rabbits. Crops were poor and in 1917 only half of the original settlers remained. Conditions improved somewhat, but not enough to use the land again. Nowadays, the area is still used for farming and raising livestock. The existing ranches are owned by descendants of the original settlers.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Afton (historical)
^ ^a ^b ^c Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. ISBN 9780874174038. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Afton Post Office (historical)
^ "Afton". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013.