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Baker, Nevada
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyWhite Pine
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
363
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID855961[1]

Baker, Nevada is a small community and census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada. It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) from Great Basin National Park on State Route 487. The town is named after an early settler, George W. Baker. Its population at the 2010 census was 363.

Education

Public education is provided through the White Pine County School District and Baker Elementary is located in Baker.

Commercial operations

Lodgings in the community include the The Silver Jack Inn, located at the center of town; the End of the Trail…er, Baker's original bed-and-fix-your-own-breakfast, located at the edge of town; and the Border Inn, located just east of town on the Utah/Nevada border.

Several artists reside in Baker, including Terry Marasco, Margaret Pense,[2] Bill and Kathy Rountree,[3] and "Doc" Sherman.[4]

Prominent citizens

Prominent people from Baker include Calvin Quate, a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University who is famous for the invention of the atomic force microscope.

The town is also home to The School of Natural Order,[5] which follows the teachings of Vitvan. The Long Now Foundation has purchased land located about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Baker and just west of the National Park as a possible site for Clock of the Long Now, a timepiece designed to operate with minimum human intervention for ten millennia.[6]

Letterman feature

In January 1997, Late Show with David Letterman produced a segment on the town,[4] with the show's Biff Henderson touring the area and ending his narrative on Baker with the quote "It's quiet, peaceful, beautiful and the people are friendly".

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Baker". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  2. ^ "Horsehair Art". End of the Trail…er. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Welcome to SilverJack IronWorks". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "Baker Is Famous For Being Funny…". Great Basin Business & Tourism Council. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "The School of Natural Order". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "The Long Now Foundation". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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