The county is the sixth largest U. S. county in area ( excluding boroughs and census areas in Alaska ), exceeded in size only by San Bernardino County, California ( 20, 053 square miles ), Coconino County, Arizona ( 18, 617 square miles ), the Nevada counties of Nye ( 18, 147 square miles ) and Elko ( 17, 179 square miles ), and Mohave County, Arizona ( 13, 312 square miles ).

The county is the fifth largest U. S. county in area ( excluding boroughs and census areas in Alaska ), exceeded in size only by adjacent San Bernardino County, California ( 20, 053 square miles ), adjacent Coconino County ( 18, 617 square miles ), and the Nevada counties of Nye ( 18, 147 square miles ) and Elko ( 17, 179 square miles ).

Eureka County is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Elko County is a county located in the U. S. state of Nevada.

Its county seat is Elko.

Elko County is the fourth-largest county in the contiguous United States, ranking lower when the boroughs of Alaska are included.

Elko County is part of the Elko micropolitan area.

Elko is a highly conservative area.

Scott County is the home to several historical, scenic, and entertainment destinations including Canterbury Park, The Landing, Elko Speedway, Mystic Lake Casino, the Renaissance Festival, and Valleyfair Amusement Park.

It is headquartered in Reno, Nevada and spans from eastern California to Elko, Nevada.

Amtrak Train 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, is scheduled to depart Colfax at 12: 26pm daily with service to Truckee, Reno, Sparks, Winnemucca, Elko, Salt Lake City, Provo, Helper, Green River, Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Denver, Omaha, Galesburg, and Chicago.

The resort community of Jackpot, Nevada, in Elko County is unofficially considered part of the greater Twin Falls area.

In January 2007, New Market merged with Elko to become Elko New Market As of 2006 New Market has had a public school, Eagle View Elementary School which is ran through New Prague Schools and teaches Preschool-5th.

Owyhee is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Elko County, Nevada, United States.

It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.

In 1956 the reservation school system was consolidated into the Elko County School District of Nevada and today is known as the Owyhee Combined Schools ( K-12 ).

Spring Creek is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in central Elko County, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States.

It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Spring Creek is located in a large valley between the Elko Hills to the northwest, and the Ruby Mountains to the southeast.

The city of Elko is approximately to the northwest, while Lamoille is just to the east.

The western section, at the base of the Elko Hills, is located near the post office ( zip 89815 ), a shopping center, and a supermarket.

West Wendover is a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States.

As a young child, Brown and his family lived in extreme poverty in nearby Elko, South Carolina, which at the time was an impoverished town in Barnwell County.

The town is located on Interstate 80 between Winnemucca and Elko.

Jackpot is an unincorporated town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.

The town became the county seat in 1873, when Eureka County was carved out of adjacent Lander, Elko, and White Pine counties.

As of 2011, Newmont ’ s Nevada 14 open-pit and four underground operations include Carlin, located west of the city of Elko on the geologic feature known as the Carlin Trend ; the Phoenix gold / copper mine, located 10 miles south of Battle Mountain, the Twin Creeks mine, located approximately north of Golconda ; and the Midas mine, near the town of the same name.

* Midas, Nevada, a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada

* Metropolis, Nevada, a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States

* James Brown, " The Godfather of Soul ", was born in the Elko area of Barnwell

* Information on the Town of Elko from Barnwell County

* Elko County, Nevada-( west )

* Elko County, Nevada-north

Eventually, Lander County would be known as the " mother of counties " since three other counties in Nevada were formed from it: Elko, White Pine, and Eureka.

* Elko County, Nevada-north

* Elko County, Nevada-east

* Elko County, Nevada-north, northeast

Elko County was established in 1869 from Lander County ; the name was taken from the name of the county seat, Elko.

In 2008 voters in Elko County chose John McCain by 69. 04 % and 28. 58 % voted for Barack Obama.

These were not the first presidents to come to Elko County: William McKinley visited in 1901 ; Herbert Hoover made his final campaign broadcast as president from a railroad car in Elko in 1932 ; President Roosevelt spoke in Carlin in 1938 during his whistle stop tour ; and Barack Obama visited while campaigning in 2008.

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