Goldfield, Nevada

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Goldfield is an unincorporated town, census-designated place, and county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 225. Goldfield is located roughly 247 miles (398 km) southeast of Carson City and 188 miles (303 km) northwest of Las Vegas along U.S. Route 95. Goldfield was founded after gold was discovered there in 1902, and it grew rapidly as the center of Nevada’s early 20th century mining boom. By 1906 it had about 20,000 residents and was briefly the largest city in the state. That year it hosted the lightweight boxing championship between Joe Gans and Battling Nelson, and in 1905 it became the county seat. Disputes between mine owners and the Western Federation of Miners led Theodore Roosevelt to send federal troops to the town in December 1907, which in turn prompted the Nevada Legislature to create the Nevada State Police. Production and population declined after the boom: the town had 4,838 residents by 1910, the largest mining company...

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