Weed Heights, Nevada | |
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Coordinates: 38°59′00″N 119°12′35″W / 38.98333°N 119.20972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nevada |
County | Lyon |
Elevation | 4,666 ft (1,422 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP codes | 89447 |
GNIS feature ID | 845727 [1] |
Weed Heights is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, USA. [1] It is adjacent to Yerington.
The Anaconda Copper Company built Weed Heights in 1952, named for Clyde E Weed, vice president in charge of Anaconda operations, [2] to support the Anaconda Mine. [3] A post office was established March 16, 1953. [2] The town was owned by Anaconda until the company was taken over by Atlantic Richfield Company. [4] Atlantic Richfield ceased operations in 1978 and sold the property in 1982 to Don Tibbals, [5] a Lyon County commissioner, [6] who subsequently sold the entire property to Arimetco, with the exception of the town of Weed Heights, [4] which is now a rental community and RV park. [7]