| Official Name: | Veteran, Nevada |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Pushpin Map: | Nevada |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nevada |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | White Pine |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation M: | 2237 |
| Elevation Ft: | 7330 |
| Coordinates: | 39.2675°N -115.0294°W |
| Area Code: | 775 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS ID |
| Blank Info: | 850913 |
Veteran is a ghost town in the state of Nevada, USA, just west of the present-day town of Ruth. It was the site of a tent city and mining town between 1906 and 1914, though the current site is abandoned.
When copper ore was discovered in the vicinity of Veteran in 1906, a company town for the Cumberland-Ely Copper Company was constructed in a matter of months.[1] A rail line was completed into Veteran in 1907, which was the western terminus for the Nevada Northern Railway.[2] At its peak around 1910, the town had over 100 inhabitants. Due to a crash in ore prices in 1913, Veteran's buildings were relocated to Ruth the following year and the town was disbanded. Open-pit mining continued in the area until at least the 1950s and today the former townsite is excavated earth.