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Elko, Nevada

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The city of Elko is located in Elko County and is the county seat.

Elko is 1,550 feet [472.44 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Elko lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Elko can be found in:

 AlabamaMissouri
 British ColumbiaOhio (historic<2>)
 GeorgiaSouth Carolina
 KentuckyVirginia
 Minnesota 

At the time of the 2000 Census, Elko had a population of 16,708 people<3> (or 36.93% of the total population of Elko County). The population of Elko represented 0.84% of the total of Nevada, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Elko had a population of 17,156 people. This is an increase of 2.68% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Elko.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
200817,156+2.68%+0.12% since 2007
200717,135+2.56%+2.89% since 2006
200616,653-0.33%+2.23% since 2005
200516,290-2.5% 
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200016,708The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Blackburn   SW47 mi [75.6 km]---
 Carlin   SW19 mi [30.58 km]2,0833.61% decrease
 Deeth   NE30 mi [48.28 km]---
 Lamoille   SE16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Mineral   SW50 mi [80.5 km]---
 Ruby Valley   SE37 mi [59.5 km]---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Elko.

Websites for Elko

Official Website:   www.ci.elko.nv.us/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.elkonevada.com/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Elko or Elko County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


The Commemorative Quarter for Nevada
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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Elko. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Elko:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Elko? Please visit the Map Page for Elko.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elko - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Elko, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Elko.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Elko and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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