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Metropolis

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Updated: Feb 3




WHEN: 1910-1950


POST OFFICE: 1912-1942


POPULATION: 700


SUMMARY: Metropolis, in contrast to the majority of ghost towns in Nevada, was established primarily as an agricultural and farming community rather than as a result of a mining boom. Found by the Pacific Reclamation Company from New York in 1910.


The town was designed to support a population of up to 7500 people. The first year was its best year, with a population reaching about 700.


Droughts, jack rabbits, and mormon crickets eventually led to the fall of Metropolis.


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