Stone House, Nevada | |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | USA Nevada#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Stone House |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Nevada |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Humboldt |
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: | 4459 |
Elevation M: | 1359 |
Coordinates: | 40.8372°N -117.1719°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 858334 |
Stone House is a ghost town in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
A. Woodward, one of the signers of the 1851 "Washoe Code" that dealt with early land claims, was killed near this location in the autumn of 1851. Woodward had partnered with George Chorpenning on a monthly mail contract. Woodward was killed while fulfilling that contract.[1]
A post office was located in Stone House from 26 November 1890 to 24 March 1915, when it was moved to Valmy, Nevada.[2]
Note that there are at least two other locations named Stone House in Nevada. One in Nye County and another located in the Osgood Mountains of Humboldt County. In addition, there is Stonehouse located in White Pine County and Stonehouse Canyon, located near Farrell, Nevada in Pershing County.