Owyhee, Nevada
Owyhee
Un Kwahain | |
|---|---|
Central Owyhee, 2013 | |
Location of Owyhee, Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 41°54′50″N 116°08′10″W / 41.91389°N 116.13611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| Area | |
• Total | 224.99 sq mi (582.72 km2) |
| • Land | 224.39 sq mi (581.16 km2) |
| • Water | 0.60 sq mi (1.56 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,391 ft (1,643 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,027 |
| • Density | 4.58/sq mi (1.77/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 89832 |
| Area code | 775 |
| FIPS code | 32-53600 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2409008 |
Owyhee (/oʊˈwaɪhiː/, Shoshoni: Un Kwahain) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Elko County, Nevada, United States, along the banks of the Owyhee River. The population was 953 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is the primary town of the federally recognized Shoshone-Paiute tribe's Duck Valley Indian Reservation, which covers portions of northern Nevada and southern Idaho, and the majority of its population are Native American.
Owyhee, along with the rest of Nevada except for the city of West Wendover, is legally in the Pacific Time Zone. But, along with other Idaho border towns such as Jackpot, Mountain City and Jarbidge, it unofficially observes the Mountain Time Zone as it has closer proximity to and greater connections with towns in southern Idaho.