| Alazon, Nevada | |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost Town |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Nevada |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Nevada |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nevada |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Elko |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 5607 |
| Elevation M: | 1709 |
| Coordinates: | 41.1336°N -115.03°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 856181 |
Alazon is an extinct town in Elko County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Alazon was a non-agency station at the east end of the combined Southern Pacific Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad tracks.[1] In the early 1900s, Alazon consisted of a school, a section house and a homes for railroad employees.[2] In 1940, Alazon had about ten inhabitants.[3]
In 1948, Richard Stewart, a railroad worker based at Alazon, was murdered by his friend and co-worker Richard Lindley Boudreau (aka Richard Bays). Boudreau was sentenced to death, though his sentence was later commuted to life.[2]
The station was discontinued in 1956.[4] In 1957, Southern Pacific Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad completed a switchover at Alazon, where all westbound traffic traveled 181 miles on the Southern Pacific rails from Alazon to Weso (near Winnemucca) and all eastbound traffic traveled on the Western Pacific rails from Weso to Alazon.[5] The switchover configuration had been in operation during World War I and tested again for three years in the 1950s.[5] After the switchover, only section crews and their families resided at Alazon.[5]