Ely (Nevada)
White Pine County
32-23500
Ely is located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Nevada town of about 4000 inhabitants. She is since 1887 the county seat of White Pine County.
History
Before colonization by the whites lived in the area of White Pine County Western Shoshone Indians. With the help of an Indian guide, the first deposits of copper were discovered near Elys 1868. 1878 were built in Ely the first small copper melt and opened a post office. Who was the namesake, is unclear: Smith Ely, president of a mining company from Vermont, John Ely, an adventurer and prospector should be impoverished died in Montana, or the New York Congressman Ely. 1887, the county seat of White Pine County was postponed because of the convenient location at the intersection of two roads to Ely. Its boom time of Ely with the increase of copper production by 1900: In 1902, it became the seat of the Nevada Consolidated Copper Corporation, 1906, for the removal of copper, the Nevada Northern Railway of Cobre to Ely built. Because the citizens Elys the efforts of builders to build a business monopoly in the eastern Nevada, opposed resistance, the city received only one station made of wood, the terminus of stone was built outside and called East Ely. The path led through to 1941 and passenger transport and school children. 1907 Ely had about 2000 inhabitants, electric street lighting and two daily newspapers. Throughout the county more than 30 mining companies were active.
In the following years the city's fate depended to a large extent on the ups and downs on the copper market. In 1958, the Nevada Consolidated was purchased by the Kennecott Corporation, Near Ely promoted copper until 1980. After the takeover by changing company finally the copper production in 1999 was abandoned and set the rail on the Nevada Northern Railroad. 400 people lost their jobs. The largest employer Elys has since said on- site prison Ely State Prison. With the rising demand for copper since 2005, however, makes you look Ely hope for a new boom.
One attraction of the city is its railway museum; between Ely and the former mining town of Ruth find vintage railway trips in historic diesel and steam locomotives instead.
Geography
Ely is located at 39 ° 15 ' N, 114 ° 53' W39.253333333333 - 114.877222222221962 at an altitude of 1962 m above sea level on U.S. Highway 50, the stretch between Ely and Fallon "the loneliest road in America" is called. Near Ely is the Great Basin National Park.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Ely has a total area of 18.5 square kilometers, which accounts for all of it land.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, Ely lived 4041 people. The population density was 218.8 people per km ². There were 2205 housing units at an average 169.4 per km ². The population consisted of Elys 89.14 % White, 0.32% Black or African American, 3.12% Native American, 1.09 % Asian, 0.35% Pacific Islander, 3.71 % reported from other races, and 2.28 % from two or more races. 12.35 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents Elys distributed to 1727 households out of which 28.6 % were living in children under 18 years. 46.4 % married couples living together, 10.2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families. 33.7 % of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 13.1% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size is 2.94.
The city population was spread out with 25.7 % under the, 6.3 % 18 -24- year-old, 23.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 27.0% 45-64 year olds and 17.2 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 96.0 men.
The median household income in Ely was 36 408 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 42 168 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 36.016 U.S. dollars, compared to 26,597 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Ely was 17,013 U.S. dollars. 12.5 % of the population and 11.3 % of families were below the poverty line, including 12 % of those affected and 9.2 % of those age 65 or over.
Sons and daughters of the town
The most famous daughter of the town is Pat Nixon, wife of former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
Prostitution
Prostitution is in White Pine County under strict legal, so there were and are in Ely brothels. In the street, in the brothels were, at the Christmas decoration of the town red lanterns were hung. A former brothel that Areline 's in East Ely, was admitted to the Nevada State Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Sources and links
- Homepage of the city of Ely (English)
- Museum Railway in Ely ( English)
- Stories about prostitution in Ely ( English)
- Location in Nevada
- Location in North America
- White Pine County
- County Seat in Nevada