Funeral Homes near Searchlight
Facts about the city
Searchlight is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, at the topographic saddle between two mountain ranges. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 539.
Searchlight Obituaries
It was disclosed on May 15th, 1910 that Frank W Jr Brittan passed away in Searchlight, Nevada. Brittan was 26 years old. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Frank W Jr's life.
History
Shortly thereafter he found gold leading to a boom era when Searchlight had more population than Las Vegas. As talk surfaced for carving Clark County, Nevada out of Lincoln County Searchlight was initially considered to be the planned county seat. Between 1907 and 1910 the gold mines produced $7 million in gold and other precious minerals and the town had a population of about 1,500. At the time, it was in Lincoln County, Nevada. According to Nevada Senator Harry Reid, who has written extensively about his hometown, the most likely story on how it got its name was when George Frederick Colton was looking for gold in the area in 1897 he supposedly said that it would take a searchlight to find gold ore there.
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