Owyhee, Nevada
| Owyhee, Nevada | |
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| Census-designated place | |
Central Owyhee, 2013
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 Location of Owyhee, Nevada |
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| Coordinates: 41°56′53″N 116°8′7″W / 41.94806°N 116.13528°WCoordinates: 41°56′53″N 116°8′7″W / 41.94806°N 116.13528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| Area | |
| • Total | 225.9 sq mi (585.1 km2) |
| • Land | 225.3 sq mi (583.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,400 ft (1,646 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 953 |
| • Density | 4/sq mi (1.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (see text) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 89832 |
| Area code(s) | 775 |
| FIPS code | 32-53600 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0842663 |
Owyhee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Elko County, Nevada, United States, along the banks of the Owyhee River. The population was 953 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is the primary town of the federally recognized Shoshone-Paiute tribe's Duck Valley Indian Reservation, which covers portions of northern Nevada and southern Idaho, and the majority of its population are Native American.
Owyhee, along with the rest of Nevada except for the city of West Wendover, is legally in the Pacific Time Zone. But, along with other Idaho border towns such as Jackpot, Mountain City and Jarbidge, it unofficially observes the Mountain Time Zone as it has closer proximity to and greater connections with towns in southern Idaho.
The Tribes once freely occupied the land in the tri-state area of what is now Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon. This changed with the coming of migrants from the eastern United States and Europe, especially after the mid-19th century. Land and resources were wrestled away from the Shoshone and Paiute. The tribes made treaties with the United States, of which some were ratified by the Senate and others not. The chiefs signed all the treaties in good faith and for the survival of their peoples.
Descendants of the Western Shoshone and the Northern Paiute occupy the Duck Valley Indian Reservation of Idaho and Nevada. Various bands of the two closely related tribes have jointly used the area for seasonal hunting and gathering from time immemorial.
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