- Denio, Nevada
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Denio, Nevada — Unincorporated community — Location within the state of Nevada
Denio, NevadaCoordinates: 41°59′24″N 118°37′59″W / 41.99°N 118.63306°WCoordinates: 41°59′24″N 118°37′59″W / 41.99°N 118.63306°W Country United States State Nevada and Oregon County Humboldt and Harney Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) – Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7) ZIP codes FIPS code GNIS feature ID 1164311 Denio, Nevada is an unincorporated community that lies on the Nevada-Oregon state line in Humboldt County, Nevada and Harney County, Oregon, in the United States. The community is also known as Denio, Oregon. There was formerly a Denio, Oregon post office north of the state line.[1] Most of the town lies south of the state line in Nevada. The southern part of the community includes a post office with ZIP code 89404, a community center, a library, and the Diamond Inn Bar, the center of the town's social life.[2] The only services available in Denio are a few groceries available for sale at the bar.
Denio Junction is about two miles (3 km) south of Denio, at the T-shaped junction of State Route 140 and State Route 292. Denio Junction's motel provides gasoline, food, groceries, and lodging.
Air transportation is available at the Denio Junction Airport. This is a two-runway graded airstrip. There is no scheduled air or ground transportation serving to this field, which is a short walk from any part of Denio Junction.
Recreational activities available in the Denio area include fishing, opal mining, rockhounding, hunting, and visiting the hot springs.[2]
Humboldt County School District operates the Denio School, a kindergarten-eighth grade (K-8) school, on the Nevada side of the state line.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Denio
- ^ a b "Deno, Nevada". travelNevada.com. Nevada Commission on Tourism. http://denio.travelnevada.com/. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
External links
- "Denio, Nevada". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20080724173341/http://www.denio-nv.net/.
Municipalities and communities of Humboldt County, Nevada City 
CDP Unincorporated
communitiesDenio | Golconda | Orovada | Paradise Valley | Stone House | Valmy
Indian reservation Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada
Municipalities and communities of Harney County, Oregon Cities 
Unincorporated
communitiesIndian reservation Burns Paiute Indian Reservation
Categories:- Populated places in Humboldt County, Nevada
- Unincorporated communities in Nevada
- Unincorporated communities in Harney County, Oregon
- Populated places in Harney County, Oregon
- Oregon geography stubs
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