Editing Winnemucca, Nevada

{{Short description|City in Nevada, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Winnemucca, Nevada
| settlement_type    = City
| image_skyline      = 2012-10-14 41 Downtown Winnemucca in Nevada viewed from Winnemucca Mountain.jpg
| image_caption      = Downtown Winnemucca viewed from [[Winnemucca Mountain]]
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = WinnemuccaNVseal.png
| nickname           = City of Paved Streets<ref name=Monikers>[http://www.taglineguru.com/monikerlist.html U.S. City Monikers], Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/69/61/W03761.html Winnemucca] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312215400/http://www.bartleby.com/69/61/W03761.html |date=2005-03-12 }}, ''The Columbia Gazetteer of North America'', accessed April 8, 2007. "Advertises itself as 'city of paved streets.'"</ref>
| motto              = 
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| map_caption        = Humboldt County and City of Winnemucca, Nevada
| pushpin_map        = Nevada#USA
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| pushpin_map_caption = 
| pushpin_label      = Winnemucca
| pushpin_label_position = top
| coordinates        = {{coord|40|58|6|N|117|43|36|W|region:US-NV_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[County (United States)|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Nevada]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Humboldt County, Nevada|Humboldt]]
| established_title  = <!-- Settled -->
| established_date   = 
| named_for          = [[Chief Winnemucca]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Rich Stone
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 19, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 25.30
| area_land_km2      = 25.30
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 4295
| population_total   = 8431
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_density_km2 = 333.22
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 89445–89446
| area_code          = [[Area code 775|775]]
| website            = [http://www.winnemuccacity.org/ www.winnemuccacity.org]
| footnotes          = 
| timezone           = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
| utc_offset         = −8
| timezone_DST       = PDT
| utc_offset_DST     = −7
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 32-84800
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0844996<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|844996}}</ref>
| pop_est_as_of      = 
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| population_est     = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 863.04
| area_total_sq_mi   = 9.77
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'''Winnemucca''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=EN-US-Winnemucca.ogg|ˌ|w|ɪ|n|ə|ˈ|m|ʌ|k|ə}}) is the only incorporated city in [[Humboldt County, Nevada]], United States,<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> of which it is also the [[county seat]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a total population of 8,431,<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3284800| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212192609/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3284800| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Winnemucca city, Nevada| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> up 14.0 percent from the 2010 census figure of 7,396. [[Interstate 80 in Nevada|Interstate 80]] passes through the city, where it meets [[U.S. Route 95 in Nevada|U.S. Route 95]].

== History and culture ==
The town was named for the 19th-century [[Chief Winnemucca]] of the local [[Northern Paiute]] tribe, who traditionally lived in this area.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409171723/http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-date=2018-04-09 |url-status=live | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=39}}</ref> Winnemucca, translated, means "the giver."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zanjani |first1=Sally |title=Sarah Winnemucca |date=2001 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-9921-4 |pages=21 |url=https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803299214/ |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref>  The chief's daughter, [[Sarah Winnemucca]], was an advocate for education and fair treatment of the Paiute and [[Shoshone]] tribes in the area. Their family all learned to speak English, and Sarah worked as an interpreter, scout and messenger for the United States Army during the [[Bannock War]] of 1878. In 1883, Sarah Winnemucca published the first autobiography written by a Native American woman,<ref name="omer">[http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1vx9q7p0#page-1 Omer Stewart, Review: "Gae Whitney Canfield, 'Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes', Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1983"], ''Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology,'' 5(2), 1983, accessed February 12, 2014</ref> based on hundreds of lectures she'd given in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. It has been described as "one of the most enduring ethno-historical books written by an American Indian."<ref name="omer"/>

On September 16, 1868, the [[Central Pacific Railroad]] reached Winnemucca, and was officially opened on October 1 of that year. It was a stop on the [[first transcontinental railroad]] completed the following year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Marden|first=J. P.|title=The History of Winnemucca|publisher=Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum|year=2005|url=http://cprr.org/Museum/Winnemucca_Marden.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116220050/http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Winnemucca_Marden.pdf |archive-date=2006-01-16 |url-status=live|access-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref>

[[Basques|Basque]] immigrants worked as sheep-herders starting in the mid-19th century.  In honor of this heritage, Winnemucca hosts an annual Basque Festival.

On September 19, 1900, [[Butch Cassidy]]'s gang robbed the First National Bank of Winnemucca of $32,640.

Winnemucca's [[Prostitution in Nevada|brothel district]], while smaller now than in the 1980s, is known as "The Line" or "The Ring Circle", based on the layout of the street where the brothels are located. As of 2015, there have been no operating brothels in Humboldt County, Nevada.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Sex workers in the town must register their vehicles with the local police.<ref>{{cite web|last=Giang|first=Vivian| title=Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Prostitution In Nevada|work=Business Insider|date=December 14, 2011|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/prostitution-legal-nevada-prostitutes-brothels-sex-2011-12?op=1|access-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref>

According to a billboard along [[Nevada State Route 140|State Route 140]] (the "Winnemucca to the Sea Highway"), Winnemucca styles itself "The City of Paved Streets".

Winnemucca is home to the Buckaroo Hall of Fame and Heritage Museum.

===Chinatown===
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Winnemucca had a vibrant Chinatown.  The Chinese originally came to the area as workers on the transcontinental [[Central Pacific Railroad]], which reached Winnemucca in 1868. Some remained or returned to settle.

During the 1890s, around 400 Chinese formed a community in the town. Among their prominent buildings was the Joss House on Baud Street, a place of worship and celebration. In 1911, the community was visited by [[Sun Yat-Sen]], later to become Chinese president. He was on a fund-raising tour of the United States to help the [[Xinhai Revolution]].<ref>Chew, James R. "Boyhood Days in Winnemucca, 1901–1910." ''Nevada Historical Society Quarterly'' 1998 41(3): 206–209. {{ISSN|0047-9462}}</ref>

The Joss House, the last structure associated with Chinatown, was demolished on March 8, 1955, by order of the Winnemucca City Council.<ref>{{cite news | title = Humboldt Pioneers effort to save famed Joss House rebuffed by City Council | date = January 7, 1955 | url = https://newspaperarchive.com/reno-evening-gazette/1955-01-07/page-8 | work = Reno Evening Gazette | page = 8 | access-date = June 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Stanley | last = Miller | title = Baud Street Winnemucca | date = Sep 1963 | url = http://mydesertmagazine.com/files/196309-DesertMagazine-1963-September.pdf | work = Desert Magazine | page = 23 | access-date = June 7, 2012 | archive-date = December 2, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202104635/http://www.mydesertmagazine.com/files/196309-DesertMagazine-1963-September.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Geography and climate==
[[File:2014-06-12 14 06 31 View down the Humboldt River from Bridge Street in Winnemucca, Nevada.JPG|thumb|left|Winnemucca straddles the [[Humboldt River]]]]
Winnemucca is located at {{Coord|40|58|6|N|117|43|36|W|type:city}} (40.968212, −117.726662).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|24.3|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3284800| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212192609/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3284800| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Winnemucca city, Nevada| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref>

Winnemucca's climate is [[Semi-arid climate|semi-arid]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''[[Semi-arid climate#Cold semi-arid climates|''BSk'']]''), averaging {{convert|8.28|in|mm|abbr=on}} of precipitation annually. Summer days tend to be hot, but the temperature drops significantly at night. Winters are cold with generally light snow, with {{convert|22.0|in|cm|abbr=on}} falling during a typical year. The highest recorded temperature in Winnemucca was {{convert|109|°F|0}}, on July 11, 2002, and the lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|−37|°F|0}} on December 22, 1990. Freezing temperatures have been observed in every month of the year.<ref name=NOWData>{{cite web|url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=lkn|title=NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|access-date=April 18, 2012}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Winnemucca, Nevada ([[Winnemucca Municipal Airport]]), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1877–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 68
|Feb record high F = 74
|Mar record high F = 82
|Apr record high F = 90
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 106
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 108
|Sep record high F = 106
|Oct record high F = 94
|Nov record high F = 77
|Dec record high F = 70

|Jan avg record high F = 55.9
|Feb avg record high F = 62.8
|Mar avg record high F = 72.0
|Apr avg record high F = 80.0
|May avg record high F = 89.4
|Jun avg record high F = 98.1
|Jul avg record high F = 103.1
|Aug avg record high F = 100.8
|Sep avg record high F = 94.7
|Oct avg record high F = 83.8
|Nov avg record high F = 69.1
|Dec avg record high F = 58.1
|year avg record high F = 103.7

|Jan high F = 44.0
|Feb high F = 49.4
|Mar high F = 57.7
|Apr high F = 63.5
|May high F = 73.7
|Jun high F = 84.7
|Jul high F = 95.5
|Aug high F = 93.2
|Sep high F = 83.3
|Oct high F = 68.7
|Nov high F = 53.8
|Dec high F = 42.9
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 32.2
|Feb mean F = 36.6
|Mar mean F = 42.6
|Apr mean F = 47.6
|May mean F = 56.4
|Jun mean F = 65.4
|Jul mean F = 74.5
|Aug mean F = 71.6
|Sep mean F = 62.1
|Oct mean F = 49.4
|Nov mean F = 38.6
|Dec mean F = 30.7
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 20.5
|Feb low F = 23.9
|Mar low F = 27.5
|Apr low F = 31.6
|May low F = 39.1
|Jun low F = 46.1
|Jul low F = 53.5
|Aug low F = 50.0
|Sep low F = 41.0
|Oct low F = 30.1
|Nov low F = 23.4
|Dec low F = 18.5
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 1.3
|Feb avg record low F = 6.7
|Mar avg record low F = 12.0
|Apr avg record low F = 16.8
|May avg record low F = 23.8
|Jun avg record low F = 31.2
|Jul avg record low F = 40.7
|Aug avg record low F = 37.2
|Sep avg record low F = 26.9
|Oct avg record low F = 13.8
|Nov avg record low F = 5.8
|Dec avg record low F = -1.4
|year avg record low F = -6.0

|Jan record low F = -36
|Feb record low F = -28
|Mar record low F = -3
|Apr record low F = 6
|May record low F = 10
|Jun record low F = 23
|Jul record low F = 29
|Aug record low F = 26
|Sep record low F = 12
|Oct record low F = -2
|Nov record low F = -10
|Dec record low F = -37

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|Jan precipitation inch = 0.96
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.71
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.87
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.00
|May precipitation inch = 1.13
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.50
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.16
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.12
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.39
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.66
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.76
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.02
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 4.4
|Feb snow inch = 3.7
|Mar snow inch = 3.0
|Apr snow inch = 1.8
|May snow inch = 0.1
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.5
|Nov snow inch = 2.6
|Dec snow inch = 5.9
|year snow inch = 22.0

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 8.5
|Feb precipitation days = 7.5
|Mar precipitation days = 8.2
|Apr precipitation days = 8.0
|May precipitation days = 7.7
|Jun precipitation days = 3.7
|Jul precipitation days = 2.2
|Aug precipitation days = 2.0
|Sep precipitation days = 2.8
|Oct precipitation days = 4.3
|Nov precipitation days = 6.4
|Dec precipitation days = 8.3

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 4.1
|Feb snow days = 3.4
|Mar snow days = 2.6
|Apr snow days = 1.8
|May snow days = 0.1
|Jun snow days = 0.1
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.1
|Oct snow days = 0.4
|Nov snow days = 2.2
|Dec snow days = 4.9

| Jan humidity = 69.9
| Feb humidity = 61.9
| Mar humidity = 55.3
| Apr humidity = 46.5
| May humidity = 40.4
| Jun humidity = 37.6
| Jul humidity = 28.8
| Aug humidity = 30.0
| Sep humidity = 36.5
| Oct humidity = 47.8
| Nov humidity = 63.0
| Dec humidity = 69.3
| year humidity = 48.9
| Jan sun = 161.2
| Feb sun = 174.5
| Mar sun = 228.3
| Apr sun = 263.3
| May sun = 331.1
| Jun sun = 346.6
| Jul sun = 398.3
| Aug sun = 358.5
| Sep sun = 306.5
| Oct sun = 257.5
| Nov sun = 153.3
| Dec sun = 148.9
| year sun = 3128.0
| Jan percentsun = 54
| Feb percentsun = 59
| Mar percentsun = 62
| Apr percentsun = 66
| May percentsun = 74
| Jun percentsun = 77
| Jul percentsun = 87
| Aug percentsun = 84
| Sep percentsun = 82
| Oct percentsun = 75
| Nov percentsun = 51
| Dec percentsun = 52
| year percentsun = 70
| source 1 = NOAA (sun and relative humidity 1961–1990)<ref name = NOAA >
{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=lkn
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| access-date = September 7, 2022}}</ref><ref name=NOAAtxt>
{{cite web
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| title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = September 7, 2022}}</ref><ref name=NOAAsun>
{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP3/72583.TXT
| title = WMO Climate Normals for Winnemucca/Municipal, NV 1961–1990
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| access-date = September 24, 2015}}</ref> 
}}

==Demographics==
[[File:Winnemucca South Bridge Street.jpg|thumb|left|South Bridge Street in downtown Winnemucca]]

{{US Census population
|1870= 290
|1880= 763
|1890= 1307
|1900= 1110
|1910= 1786
|1920= 1934
|1930= 1989
|1940= 2485
|1950= 2827
|1960= 3453
|1970= 3587
|1980= 4140
|1990= 6134
|2000= 7174
|2010= 7396
|2020= 8431
|footnote=source:<ref>Moffatt, Riley.  ''Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850–1990''. [[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham]]: Scarecrow, 1996, 159.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-32.csv|title = Subcounty population estimates: Nevada 2000–2007|format = [[comma-separated values|CSV]]|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date = March 18, 2009|access-date = May 9, 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090331141911/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-32.csv <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date = March 31, 2009}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Largest ancestries (2000) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=17764 |title=Genealogy Information |access-date=September 23, 2017 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825133822/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=17764 |url-status=dead }}</ref> !! Percent 
|-
| [[German Americans|German]] || 55%
|-
| [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] || 23%
|-
| [[Irish Americans|Irish]] || 11%
|-
| [[English Americans|English]] || 9%
|-
| [[Basque American|Basque]] || 4% 
|}
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,174 people, 2,736 households, and 1,824 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|867.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,280 housing units at an average density of {{convert|396.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 83.41% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.23% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.89% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.32% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.60% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.51% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 20.74% of the population.

[[Basque Americans]] make up 4.2% of the population of Winnemucca, the highest percentage of any city in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Basque.html |title=Ancestry Map of Basque Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2018-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317184705/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Basque.html |archive-date=2015-03-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There were 2,736 households, out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.2% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,699, and the median income for a family was $53,681. Males had a median income of $47,917 versus $26,682 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,441. About 7.5% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.8% of those under the age of 18 and 8.1% of those 65 and older.

==Politics==
The [[Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada]] has its headquarters in Winnemucca.<ref>[http://www.ncai.org/index.php?ppgst_selectpro189=23&id=119 "Federal Recognized Indian Tribes."] ''National Congress of the American Indian.'' 2009 (Retrieved December 9, 2008)</ref> It is a [[federally recognized tribes|federally recognized tribe]] of [[Western Shoshone]] and [[Northern Paiute]] Indians in northwestern [[Nevada]].<ref name=ncai>{{cite web | url = http://www.ncai.org/tribal-directory?page=24 | title = Winnemucca Indian Colony | access-date = 13 Feb 2014 | work = Tribal Directory| publisher = [[National Congress of American Indians]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://winnemuccaindiancolony.weebly.com/uploads/7/5/8/7/7587287/constitution_and_bylaws_for_winnemucca_indian_colony.pdf | title = Constitution and Bylaws of the Winnemucca Indian Colony Nevada | access-date = 13 Feb 2014 | last = Winnemucca Colony Council | date = 5 March 1971 | publisher = [[Harrison Loesch]], Assistant Secretary of the Interior}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Winnemucca state bank and trust large.jpg|thumb|Winnemucca State Bank and Trust building is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada|National Register of Historic Places.]]]]
[[File:2014-06-12 13 04 21 View east along Interstate 80 from the Exit 176 overpass in Winnemucca, Nevada.JPG|thumb|left|[[Interstate 80]] in Winnemucca]]
[[File:Winnemucca Basque Festival.jpg|thumb|right|Winnemucca Basque Festival]]
[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to Winnemucca. The ''[[California Zephyr]]'' provides a daily service in both directions between San Francisco and Chicago. The [[Winnemucca (Amtrak station)|Winnemucca passenger rail station]], at 209 West Railroad Street, is now unstaffed. Amtrak tickets for railway transportation in Winnemucca can be purchased online.

Historically, since 1867, Winnemucca has been a station on the [[Transcontinental Railroad]].

Winnemucca is near the half-way point between [[Salt Lake City]] and San Francisco along [[Interstate 80 in Nevada|Interstate 80]], which passes through town. [[U.S. Route 95 in Nevada|US Route 95]] also goes through Winnemucca.

Local aviation needs are served by the [[Winnemucca Municipal Airport]], located about 5 miles southwest of downtown. There are no scheduled passenger services. The closest commercial airports are [[Reno–Tahoe International Airport]] in [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] and [[Elko Regional Airport]] in [[Elko, Nevada|Elko]].

==Media==
''The Humboldt Sun'', the area newspaper, is published twice weekly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Media Kit 2017|url=https://insidenorthernnevada.com/Files/WP%20Media%20Kit%202017-d8c98305b3b04725a17be4f7ac975e09.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128112216/https://insidenorthernnevada.com/Files/WP%20Media%20Kit%202017-d8c98305b3b04725a17be4f7ac975e09.pdf |archive-date=2021-11-28 |url-status=live|publisher=Winnemucca Publishing|access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>

Nomadic Broadcasting operates radio station [[KHYX]]-FM with a 50,000 watt signal on 102.7 FM and Translator K232BK on 94.3 FM, serving Winnemucca and its outlying communities. 102.7 is an adult contemporary format while 94.3 is a rock format. These two signals are HD.

Buckaroo Broadcasting operates radio station [[KWNA-FM]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1553310|title=Application Search Details|website=licensing.fcc.gov|access-date=September 19, 2017|archive-date=July 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704193631/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1553310|url-status=dead}}</ref> with a 25,000 watt signal and a country format.

==Employment==
[[File:Model T Casino interior.jpg|thumb|A casino in Winnemucca]]
Many of Winnemucca's residents are employed by large mining companies such as [[Newmont]] and [[Barrick Gold]] and by many companies servicing the gold mining industry. Carry-On Trailers employs over 100 residents at their manufacturing facility in the Airport Industrial Park. Winnemucca also has a decent and growing Nevada tourism base.  Other area employers include Winnemucca Farms, casinos, hotels, motels and restaurants located in the city.
Until 2013, Winnemucca Farms operated the world's largest potato dehydration plant. The Winnemucca area is still one of the largest potato farming areas in the world.<ref>{{cite web |author= Sherril Steele-Carlin |title= Basquing in Winnemucca |url= http://www.americanprofile.com/spotlights/article/1056.html |work= americanprofile.com |date= May 27, 2001 |access-date= November 13, 2010 |archive-date= May 4, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100504160406/http://www.americanprofile.com/spotlights/article/1056.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Humboldt County School District Administration Office.jpg|thumb|[[Humboldt County School District]] headquarters]]
[[Humboldt County School District]] operates the area schools serving Winnemucca.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st32_nv/schooldistrict_maps/c32013_humboldt/DC20SD_C32013.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Humboldt County, NV|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-07-15}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st32_nv/schooldistrict_maps/c32013_humboldt/DC20SD_C32013_SD2MS.txt Text list].</ref>

Three K-4 elementary schools, Grass Valley, Sonoma Heights, and Winnemucca Grammar School serve Winnemucca. All of Winnemucca is zoned to French Ford Middle School (5–6), Winnemucca Junior High School (7–8), and Albert M. Lowry High School (9–12). Lowry High's mascot is the Buckaroos.

Winnemucca has a [[public library]], a branch of the Humboldt County Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://publiclibraries.com/state/nevada/ | title=Nevada Public Libraries | publisher=PublicLibraries.com | access-date=14 June 2019}}</ref>

Humboldt County is in the service area of [[Great Basin College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gbcnv.edu/IR/GBC.html|title=Data and Information|publisher=[[Great Basin College]]|access-date=2024-03-10}}</ref> That college maintains the GBC Center in Winnemucca.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gbcnv.edu/campus/winnemucca.html|title=GBC Center in Winnemucca|publisher=[[Great Basin College]]|access-date=2024-03-10|quote=5490 Kluncy Canyon Road Winnemucca, NV 89445}}</ref>

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File:Winnemucca Junior High School.jpg|Winnemucca Junior High School
File:Winnemucca Grammar School.jpg|Winnemucca Grammar School
File:Humboldt County Library in Winnemucca.jpg|Humboldt County Library
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==Notable people==
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* [[Vernon Alley]], described by the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' as "the most distinguished jazz musician in San Francisco history"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fimrite |first=Peter |date=2004-10-05 |title=VERNON ALLEY, 1915-2004 / Jazz bassist played with great ones / He fought race bias, traveled the world -- made S.F. home |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/VERNON-ALLEY-1915-2004-Jazz-bassist-played-2719977.php |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Sharron Angle]], member of the Nevada Assembly; lecturer at [[Western Nevada Community College]]
* [[Henry F. Ashurst]], United States Senator (Arizona)
* [[Mario Bautista]], UFC fighter
* [[Howard P. Becker]], sociology professor
* [[Bill Berry (basketball)|Bill Berry]], basketball coach
* [[Jace Billingsley]], wide receiver for the Detroit Lions
* [[George S. Nixon]], United States Senator (Nevada), built Winnemucca City Hall
* [[Lute Pease]], Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
* [[Bob Tallman]], rodeo announcer
* [[Ralph V. Whitworth]], businessman and philanthropist

==In popular culture==

Winnemucca is also a setting in two ''[[Tales of the City]]'' novels – ''[[More Tales of the City (novel)|More Tales of the City]]'' and ''[[The Days of Anna Madrigal]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maupin |first1=Armistead |author-link=Armistead Maupin |title=The Days of Anna Madrigal |work=[[Tales of the City]] |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2014 |isbn=9780062196248 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780062196248 }}</ref> a series of nine novels by American author [[Armistead Maupin]]. Over 6 million copies of the novels have been sold worldwide. A character in the series, Mother Mucca, takes her nickname from the town. The series began as a newspaper column in the ''Pacific Sun'' in 1975, before moving to the ''San Francisco Chronicle''. It features some of the first positive portrayals of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender lives. Anna Madrigal, a transgender character, was depicted as having been born as Andy Ramsey in Winnemucca, Nevada. The series was made into a TV series with the character of Anna Madrigal played by [[Olympia Dukakis]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Strudwick|first1=Patrick|title=California dreaming: Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/california-dreaming-armistead-maupins-tales-of-the-city-9091799.html|work=The Independent|date=January 28, 2014}}</ref>

In 2021, the town once again caught the attention of Armistead Maupin, after an article in the ''Nevada Independent News'' wrote about Winnemucca Pride- a planned LGBTQ pride parade and festival being planned by Winnemucca residents Shawn Dixon, Kat Dixon, Christina Basso and Misty Huff.<ref>{{Cite web|title='We are making history right now:' Winnemucca women on organizing town's first Pride parade and festival|url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/we-are-making-history-right-now-winnemucca-women-on-organizing-towns-first-pride-parade-and-festival|access-date=2021-06-27|website=thenevadaindependent.com|date=June 22, 2021|language=en}}</ref> The article prompted Maupin to write "This story is inspirational on so many levels! I stand in awe of these women."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gunts|first=Ed|title=Four women are throwing a Pride parade in a tiny Nevada town & who knows how many people are coming|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/four-women-throwing-pride-parade-tiny-nevada-town-knows-many-people-coming/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=LGBTQ Nation|date=June 25, 2021 }}</ref>

[[Rod McKuen]]'s poem "Winnemucca, Nevada", in his book ''Come to Me in Silence'', describes his first desk in school.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McKuen|first1=Rod|author-link1=Rod McKuen|title=Flight Plan for 27 May|url=http://www.rodmckuen.com/flights/270505.htm|website=A safe Place to Land|access-date=October 26, 2014|date=May 27, 2005|archive-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141026150237/http://www.rodmckuen.com/flights/270505.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The town serves as the namesake for the alternative country band [[Richmond Fontaine]]'s 2002 album, ''Winnemucca'', which prominently features the town in the opening track "Winner's Casino".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://richmondfontaine.com/discography|access-date=November 13, 2014|title=Richmond Fontaine discography}}</ref>

Winnemucca is cited in the preamble to the North American version of the song "[[I've Been Everywhere]]."

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.winnemuccacity.org/ City of Winnemucca official website]
* [http://www.winnemucca.nv.us/ Winnemucca Convention & Visitors Authority]
* [http://www.humboldtmuseum.org Winnemucca's Humboldt Museum]

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