Simonsville is a ghost town in Clark County, Nevada, that was located on the east bank of the Muddy River west of the south end of the Overton Airport in the Moapa Valley.[1]

Simonsville
Simonsville is located in Nevada
Simonsville
Simonsville
Location within the state of Nevada
Simonsville is located in the United States
Simonsville
Simonsville
Simonsville (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°33′46″N 114°26′40″W / 36.56278°N 114.44444°W / 36.56278; -114.44444
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyClark
Elevation
1,325 ft (404 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID851286[1]

History

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Simonsville was originally called Mill Point for the grist mill first built there by James Leithead. The name was changed to Simonsville in December 1865, named after Orrawell Simons who would build another mill there in 1866.[1][2] Simonsville was abandoned in 1870 like most of the Mormon farms and settlements in the Moapa Valley, due to a tax dispute with the Nevada state government, and it was never reoccupied.[citation needed]

Today

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The site of Mill Point and Simonsville are now mostly lost and occupied by a Clark County Flood control bridge and Airport road re-alignments.

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Simonsville (historical)
  2. ^ Avertt, Walter R. Directory of Southern Nevada Place Names. Revised edition: printed by the author, 1963, p.70