Lee is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States.[1] The community is located on the reservation land belonging to, and constituting the sole organized community of, the South Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada. Lee is located at the western foothills of the Ruby Mountains range, within the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
A post office was established at Lee in 1882.[2] The community takes its name from Lee Creek, which flows near the site.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lee
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lee Post Office
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 25.
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