Welcome to McGill Junction ...

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

We've added McGill Junction to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McGill Junction, please Contact Us.

McGill Junction would have been located within present day White Pine County<2>.

A typical abbreviation for McGill Junction: McGill Jct. (or less commonly used: McGill Jctn.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for McGill Junction is 6,120 feet [1,865 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of McGill Junction is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where McGill Junction was located: 775

Communities near McGill Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near McGill Junction.

• Ely
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
  • Ely is located in White Pine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,014 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ely <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ely
  • From McGill Junction to Ely
• Baltimore Mill ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Mill
  • Baltimore Mill is located in White Pine County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Baltimore Mill
  • From McGill Junction to Baltimore Mill
• Calumet ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Calumet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
  • Calumet is located in White Pine County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Calumet
  • From McGill Junction to Calumet
• East Ely
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ely
  • East Ely is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Ely <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to East Ely
  • From McGill Junction to East Ely
• Lane City ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane City
  • Lane City is located in White Pine County
  • Former name for Lane City:
  • Mineral City
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lane City
  • From McGill Junction to Lane City
• Keystone
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Keystone is located in White Pine County
• Copper Flat
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copper Flat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat
  • Copper Flat is located in White Pine County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Copper Flat
  • From McGill Junction to Copper Flat
• Ruth
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
  • Ruth is located in White Pine County
  • Ruth has also been known as:
  • New Ruth
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruth <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ruth
  • From McGill Junction to Ruth
• Piermont ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Piermont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piermont
  • Piermont is located in White Pine County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Piermont
  • From McGill Junction to Piermont
• Taylor ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in White Pine County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Taylor
  • From McGill Junction to Taylor

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around McGill Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McGill Junction.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McGill Junction. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around McGill Junction.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around McGill Junction. See our Newspapers Page for McGill Junction.

Adding McGill Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McGill Junction in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for McGill Junction was mentioned on a train schedule titled Nevada Northern Railway Employees' Time Table #67 (January 1937).

We also found McGill Junction in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McGill Junction.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for White Pine County: www.co.white-pine.nv.us/

The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/