Millers, Nevada

38°08′12″N 117°27′27″W / 38.13667°N 117.45750°W / 38.13667; -117.45750CountryUnited StatesStateNevadaCountyEsmeraldaNamed forCharles R. MillerElevation4,823 ft (1,470 m)GNIS feature ID856083

Millers (also spelled Miller's^[1]) is a ghost town located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Deserted today, Millers sprang up as a mining boomtown after the Tonopah boom began. A highway rest stop is located there, resulting in Millers still being listed on many travel maps.

Millers came to life as a result of the furor in Tonopah. In 1901 the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad was constructed and by 1904 Millers was founded as a station and watering stop along the rail line.

The name of the town honors Charles R. Miller, a director of the railroad who was also once the Governor of Delaware. Miller also worked as vice president of the Tonopah Mining Company and played a key role in bringing that company's 100-stamp cyanide mill built in Millers in 1906.^[2]

The post office at Millers was in operation from January 1906 until September 1919 and then from February 1921 until December 1931.^[3] In 1907 the railroad company constructed repair shops in Millers and another large mill went up. By 1910 Millers had a business district and a population of 274. A year later, in 1911, the railroad shops and mill had moved and the town began a slow decline. By 1941, Millers had 28 inhabitants.^[4] When the railroad went under in 1947, the town of Millers followed suit and became a ghost town.^[5]