Emigrant Valley is a valley in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1]

Emigrant Valley was named for a party of emigrants who traveled through it.[2] The valley is home to the Groom Lake Facility of the Nevada Test Range, popularly known as Area 51.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emigrant Valley
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 44.

39°35′34″N 117°41′57″W / 39.59278°N 117.69917°W / 39.59278; -117.69917


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