Elko, Nevada Elko, Nevada Downtown Elko Downtown Elko Elko, Nevada is positioned in Nevada Elko, Nevada - Elko, Nevada County Elko Coordinates: 40 50 N 115 46 W Elko (Shoshoni: Natakkoa, "Rocks Piled on One Another") is the biggest city and governmental center of county of Elko County, Nevada, United States. The populace was 18,297 at the 2010 census. The town/city straddles the Humboldt River.

Elko is the principal town/city of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan region that covers Elko and Eureka counties. It is the biggest city for over 130 miles (210 km) in all directions, making it, as its town/city motto states, "The Heart of Northeast Nevada".

Elko was settled with the coming of the barns , which still runs past downtown Elko near the Humboldt River.

Although Elko lies along the route of the historic California Trail, it was first inhabited only in 1868, when it was at the east end of the barns tracks assembled by the Central Pacific Railroad (the portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad assembled from California to Utah).

When the barns crews moved on, Elko remained, serving as a center for ranching, mining, rail freight and general supplies. View southwest along the Humboldt River from the 9th Street Footbridge in downtown Elko Elko is said to have been titled by Charles Crocker, a superintendent of the Central Pacific Railroad.

The first Elko County Courthouse was assembled in 1869.

Elko was officially incorporated as a town/city in 1917.

The first commercial airmail flight in the United States was on the 487-mile (784 km) Airmail Route #5 from Pasco, Washington, to what would turn into Elko Regional Airport on April 6, 1926.

Elko's climate is semi-arid (Koppen climate classification BSk).

January is normally the coldest month of the year, with a daily average temperature of 25.1 F or 3.8 C, and July the hottest of the year, with a daily average of 70.2 F or 21.2 C.

There are an average of 1.8 days with 100 F (37.8 C) highs, 44 days of 90 F or 32.2 C highs, 24 days that do not top freezing, 198 evenings with freezing lows, and 12 evenings with sub-0 F ( 17.8 C) lows; the burgeoning season here is short, as the average window for freezing temperatures is September 10 through June 9.

Annual rain averages 9.89 inches or 251.2 millimetres, falling on an average of 81 days, while annual snow flurry averages 41.5 inches or 1.05 metres.

The most snow flurry in one month was 69.0 inches (1.75 m) in January 1890, with the most in one season being more than 91.00 inches (2.31 m) from July 1889 to June 1890 (some days being missing) and the least 6.00 inches (0.15 m) from July 1939 to June 1940. The greatest depth of snow on the ground was 24 inches or 0.61 metres on February 5, 1932, though an average winter will see a maximum snow cover of 7 inches or 0.18 metres.

Climate data for Elko, Nevada (Elko Regional Airport), 1981 2010 normals View of Elko from "E" Mountain View northeast along 5th Street (SR 535) in downtown Elko Goldstrike mine, a large gold mine near Elko Elko's economy is based heavily on gold mining, with ranching and tourism providing additional jobs.

The state of Nevada produces more gold than all but four countries, and most of the gold from Nevada is mined near Elko.

Elko has struggled to bring in other industries, mostly because of its isolation and the encircling harsh desert surrounding.

Thompson quipped that in Elko, "The federal government owns 90% of this land, and most of it is useless for anything except weapons testing and poison-gas experiments." Elko has been the home of the annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering for the last 27 years. This festival is held each January and is a seven-day celebration of life in the non-urban West, featuring poetry, music, stories, gear, film, photography, and food.

Every July, since 1963, Elko is host to the National Basque Festival. In 2013 they were scheduled to jubilate their 50th anniversary.

Humorously referred to as the "Basquo Fiasco", it is a celebration of traditional Basque culture and its ties to the Elko community.

The annual Elko Motorcycle Jamboree, also known as the "Rumble in the Rubies Motorcycle Rally", is usually held in June.

Elko Hot Hole, a hot spring on the southwest edge of the town/city Elko is the home of the Western Folklife Center, a county-wide nonprofit organization that works to grew understanding of the everyday traditions of citizens who live and work in the American West.

The iconic "White King" at the Commercial Casino in downtown Elko A number of casinos are positioned in Elko, including Stockmen's Casino & Hotel, the Commercial Casino, the High Desert Casino, Gold Dust West, the Red Lion Casino, and the Gold County Inn & Casino.

For many years the Red Lion brought gamblers to Elko from many parts of the nation through flights on Casino Express.

The flights to Elko ended in February 2006.

Elko is also home to legal prostitutes and contains active brothels.

Several geothermal features are positioned in Elko, the biggest of which is the Elko Hot Hole.

Notable attractions in the Elko region include the Ruby Mountains, inside which is positioned the prominent Lamoille Canyon.

KENV TV studios in Elko Elko Daily Free Press Elko Independent Elko Television District Elko Broadcasting: Interstate 80 in Elko Elko is the biggest city between Salt Lake City and Reno, positioned along Interstate 80.

Nevada State Route 225 (Mountain City Highway) joins Elko to Owyhee and southern Idaho, while Nevada State Route 227 (Lamoille Highway) extends southeast to Spring Creek and Lamoille.

Passenger bus service to Elko is available on Greyhound Lines, while Amtrak's twice-daily California Zephyr provides train passenger service via Elko Station.

Sky - West Airlines, operating as Delta Connection, serves Elko Regional Airport (EKO) with county-wide jet service nonstop to the Delta Air Lines core in Salt Lake City (SLC).

Elko was once the home base of a jet air carrier, Casino Express Airlines, which directed Boeing 737-200 jetliners to many metros/cities in the U.S.

Elko Airport terminal Elko also was previously served by United Airlines with scheduled passenger jet service amid the 1970s and early 1980s.

According to Official Airline Guide (OAG] flight schedules as well as the airline's fitness timetables, United directed Boeing 737-200 jetliners into the Elko Regional Airport on a year-round basis with a daily round trip routing of San Francisco (SFO)-Reno (RNO)-Elko (EKO)-Ely (ELY)-Salt Lake City (SLC).

United eventually discontinued all flights into Elko after serving the airport for over 50 years.

Dave Pratt, radio host, interval up in Elko before moving to Phoenix, Arizona a b "Profile for Elko, Nevada, NV".

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Elko city, Nevada".

"Elko, Nevada: 1868-1968".

"Dirt Runways: Elko Airport - The Early Years (1919-1926)".

"ELKO WB AIRPORT, NEVADA - Climate Summary".

"Elko, Nev., takes the gold boom with a grain of doubt".

"Elko Convention and Visitors Authority, Elko Nevada".

"Elko Motorcycle Jamboree - Rumble in the Rubies".

"Elko Hot Springs".

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