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Ely, NV

Ely, Nevada
City
Downtown Ely
Downtown Ely
Location of Ely, Nevada
Location of Ely, Nevada
Ely, Nevada is located in the US
Ely, Nevada
Ely, Nevada
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 39°15′12″N 114°52′38″W / 39.25333°N 114.87722°W / 39.25333; -114.87722Coordinates: 39°15′12″N 114°52′38″W / 39.25333°N 114.87722°W / 39.25333; -114.87722
Country United States
State Nevada
Government
 • Mayor Melody VanCamp
Area
 • Total 7.1 sq mi (18.5 km2)
 • Land 7.1 sq mi (18.5 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 6,437 ft (1,962 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 4,255
 • Density 600/sq mi (230/km2)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 89301, 89315
Area code(s) 775
FIPS code 32-23500
GNIS feature ID 0859671

Ely (/ˈli/, EE-lee) is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906. Though the railroads connecting the First Transcontinental Railroad to the mines in Austin and Eureka have long been removed, the railroad to Ely is preserved as a heritage railway by the Nevada Northern Railway and known as the Ghost Train of Old Ely. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,255.

Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906. This made Ely a mining town, suffering through the boom-and-bust cycles so common in the West. Originally, Ely was home to a number of copper mining companies, Kennecott being the most famous. With a crash in the copper market in the mid-1970s, Kennecott shut down and copper mining disappeared (temporarily).

The town was first called Ely in 1878 in honor of Smith Ely, president of the Selby Copper Mining and Smelting Company.


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