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In February 2017, the town was flooded after a very wet winter. The failure of the "Twenty One Mile" earthen dam did not contribute to Montello flooding. Sections of State Route 30, State Route 233, and U.S. Highway 93 were closed, some sections of road were washed out and rail traffic had to be
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Montello was at its peak in the 1910s and early 1920s, with a population of perhaps 800. While the town's economic life was dominated by the railroad, it also served as a community center for local ranchers and as a supply point for the nearby mining camp of
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locomotives, which took place in the 1940s and early 1950s. This rendered the servicing facilities at Montello obsolete, and they were removed by the Southern Pacific in the 1950s.
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The first permanent settlement at Montello was made in 1869. The town of Montello was established in 1904 as a "division point" (operations base) for the
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has included Montello in one of its census-designated places (CDP), published census information only applies to the entire CDP, not the village alone.
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Connecting the West: Historic Railroad Stops And Stage Stations In Elko County, Nevada
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montello, Nevada
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Census-designated place

Montello is located in Nevada
41°16′01″N 114°11′49″W / 41.26694°N 114.19694°W / 41.26694; -114.19694
Country
State
Nevada
County (United States)
Elko
Time zone
UTC-8
Pacific (PST)
DST
UTC-7
ZIP code
FIPS code
GNIS
village
Elko County
Nevada
Elko County School District
American Community Survey
Elko
Micropolitan Statistical Area
census-designated place
Southern Pacific Railroad
Lucin Cutoff
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Terrace, Utah

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