Currant, Nevada

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Currant, Nevada | settlement_type = Unincorporated community | image_skyline = 2014-07-17 09 55 40 Panorama of Currant, Nevada from U.S. Route 6 about 118 miles east of the Esmeralda County Line-cropped.jpg | image_caption = Currant, Nevada, viewed from westbound U.S. Route 6 | pushpin_map = Nevada#USA | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nevada##Location in the United States | coordinates = {{Coord|38.741|-115.479|type:landmark_region:US|format=dms|display=title,inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name1 = Nevada | subdivision_name2 = Nye | established_title = Established | established_date = 1868 | population_total = 65<ref name=ghost>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/currant.htm |title=Currant - Nevada Ghost Town |publisher=Ghosttowns.com |date=n.d. |accessdate=2011-05-29}}</ref> | timezone1 = Pacific Time Zone | utc_offset = -8 | timezone1_DST = Pacific Daylight Time | utc_offset_DST = -7 }}

'''Currant''' is an unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada. Settled in 1868, it was first a farming town with a small population. Its current population is 65.

==Name==

Creeks nearby were named for the wild currants growing with the town, taking the name from Currant Creek.

==History== Currant post office opened April 16, 1883, was reestablished September 19, 1892, and again August 31, 1926, operations suspended December 31, 1943.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carlson|first1=Helen S.|title=Nevada place names: a geographical dictionary|date=1985|publisher=University of Nevada Press|location=Reno|isbn=0-87417-094-X|page=91}}</ref> In 1914, a small amount of gold was discovered.<ref name=ghost/>

In the late 1930s, small but highly productive claims of magnesite deposits were discovered in Nye County while major deposits were in Ely in White Pine County, Nevada, and magnesite mining stopped in 1942.<ref name=ghost/>

==Transportation== Currant is located on U.S. Route 6 at the junction of State Route 379.

The area is served by the Currant Ranch Airport.

==References== <references />

==External links== {{commons category}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu7gryqJ24w Currant, NV video ] YouTube, Nov 2006

Category:Unincorporated communities in Nye County, Nevada Category:Unincorporated communities in Nevada Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1868 {{NyeCountyNV-geo-stub}}