# Currant, Nevada

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**Currant** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Nye County](/source/Nye_County,_Nevada), [Nevada](/source/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.[2] In 1914, a small amount of gold was discovered.[1]

In the late 1930s, small but highly productive claims of [magnesite](/source/Magnesite) deposits were discovered in [Nye County](/source/Nye_County,_Nevada) while major deposits were in [Ely](/source/Ely,_Nevada) in [White Pine County, Nevada](/source/White_Pine_County,_Nevada), and magnesite mining stopped in 1942.[1]

## Transportation

Currant is located on [U.S. Route 6](/source/U.S._Route_6_in_Nevada) at the junction of [State Route 379](/source/Nevada_State_Route_379).

The area is served by the [Currant Ranch Airport](/source/Currant_Ranch_Airport).

## References

1. ["Currant - Nevada Ghost Town"](http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/currant.htm). Ghosttowns.com. n.d. Retrieved 2011-05-29.

1. Carlson, Helen S. (1985). *Nevada place names: a geographical dictionary*. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-87417-094-X.

## External links

- [Currant, NV video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu7gryqJ24w) YouTube, Nov 2006

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