Eureka County, Nevada

Founding: 1873
Parent county: Lander

Namesake: The city of Eureka
Seat: Eureka (1873–)

Land area: 4,176 square miles

Population (2020): 1,855

Population (historic): 7,086 (1880); 1,954 (1900); 1,830 (1910); 1,333 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1930s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Two CDPs

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 100 (8.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,744
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,533
Number of farms (1920): 60
Average farm size (1920): 418.7 acres
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Eureka

Namesake: The Greek exclamation heúrēka ("I found it"), attributed to Archimedes

Founding: 1864 (founding); 1870 (post office)

Population (2020): 414

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 100 (26.1%)

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