Goldfield, Nevada

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Goldfield
Census-designated place
Esmeralda County Courthouse in Goldfield
Goldfield Goldfield is located in the Tonopah Basin of Nevada. Show map of Nevada Goldfield Goldfield (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 37°42′31″N 117°14′08″W / 37.70861°N 117.23556°W / 37.70861; -117.23556
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Esmeralda
Founded	1902; 122 years ago (1902)
Named for	Gold
Area [1]
• Total	1.48 sq mi (3.84 km2)
• Land	1.48 sq mi (3.84 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	5,686 ft (1,733 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	225
• Density	151.92/sq mi (58.66/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code	89013
Area code	775
FIPS code	32-28900
GNIS feature ID	854468[2]

Goldfield is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada.

It is the locus of the Goldfield CDP which had a resident population of 268 at the 2010 census,^[3] down from 440 in 2000. Goldfield is located 247 miles (398 km) southeast of Carson City, along U.S. Route 95.

Goldfield was a boomtown in the first decade of the 20th century due to the discovery of gold – between 1903 and 1940, Goldfield's mines produced more than $86 million at then-current prices. Much of the town was destroyed by a fire in 1923, although several buildings survived and remain today, notably the Goldfield Hotel, the Consolidated Mines Building (the communications center of the town until 1963), and the schoolhouse. Gold exploration continues in and around the town today.