Huntington Creek (Nevada)

Huntington creek lies at an average elevation of 1,608 m in Elko County, Nevada.Huntington creek is located 10.3 miles away North from Spring Creek, 14.4 miles North from Elko, and 15 miles Northeast from Lamoille.^[3]

The creek flows toward North and empties into the Humboldt River. It springs East of the Diamond Mountains.^[4]

The district around Huntington Creek is occupied with mining.^[5] The creek is approximately 71.1 km long.^[6]

Aside from Huntington Creek, Alternative names used of the tributary are Hamilton Creek, Huntindon Creek, Huntingdon Creek, Cranes Branch of South Fork, Huntington River, Smith Creek, and Smiths Creek.^[7]

It was named by John C Fremont in 1845 after one of his Delaware Indians.^[8]