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Hazen, Nevada

Coordinates: 39°33′55″N 119°02′47″W / 39.56528°N 119.04639°W / 39.56528; -119.04639
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Hazen, Nevada
unincorporated community
Hazen is located in Nevada
Hazen
Hazen
Hazen is located in the United States
Hazen
Hazen
Coordinates: 39°33′55″N 119°02′47″W / 39.56528°N 119.04639°W / 39.56528; -119.04639[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyChurchill
Named forWilliam Babcock Hazen, an aide to William Tecumseh Sherman
Elevation
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4,006 ft (1,221 m)
GNIS feature ID0840934[1]

Hazen is an unincorporated community in Churchill County, Nevada, United States.[1] The community is approximately 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Fernley and 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Fallon, on U.S. Route 50 Alternate.

History

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Hazen was founded in 1903 as a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad.[2] Some sources say the town was first settled in 1869, but it doesn't appear on maps until 1903.[2][3] The community was named for William Babcock Hazen, an aide to William Tecumseh Sherman.[4] At one time Hazen had a post office, which was established in 1904.[2][5] Hazen's early economy was driven by railroad workers and canal and dam builders, who patronized the town's saloons and brothels.[2]

Hazen is noted for the being the historic site of the last lynching in Nevada. At 2:30am on Feb. 27, 1905, around 30 men broke Red Wood, AKA Nevada Red, out of jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole 30 feet away.[6]

The Hazen Store is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[2] It "almost defies architectural description" according to the NRHP nomination form.[2]

Vulcan Power Company started a permitting process to drill exploratory geothermal energy wells on land leases near Hazen. The project involves a bypass road across Bureau of Reclamation property.[7][8]

The Hawthorne Army Depot is connected to the Union Pacific rail network by a 120-mile (190 km) single rail line beginning in Hazen.[9]

  • Hazen's "saloons and disreputable places" in 1905
    Hazen's "saloons and disreputable places" in 1905
  • Hazen Store
    Hazen Store
  • Hazen highway marker near Fallon
    Hazen highway marker near Fallon

References

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  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hazen, Nevada
  2. ^ a b c d e f "The Hazen Store National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  3. ^ Carlson, Helen S. (1974). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8.
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 11.
  5. ^ "Hazen Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. February 1, 1991. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  6. ^ "Nevada's Hazen noted for notorious hanging". rgj.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  7. ^ "Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region : NEPA: Patua Bypass Road EA". January 29, 2009. Archived from the original on July 20, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  8. ^ "ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RELEASED ON CONSTRUCTION OF A BYPASS ROAD NEAR HAZEN, NEV". US Fed News. December 12, 2008.
  9. ^ "REID HAILS PASSAGE OF APPROPRIATIONS BILL". States News Service. December 19, 2007.
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