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Welcome to Cuprite ...

So far, we found very little information about Cuprite. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cuprite to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Cuprite - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Cuprite, please Contact Us.


While we don't have the exact location of Cuprite , we believe that it would have been located within present day Nye County<2>.

Cuprite was founded in 1902.

Time Zone: The area where Cuprite was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Cuprite ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Cuprite: This one is located in Nye County and the other is located in Esmeralda County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cuprite.

Footnotes ...

<1>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cuprite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Nye, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.