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Frenchman, Nevada
Former community
Frenchman Station, c 1910
Frenchman Location within Nevada Frenchman Location within the United States
Coordinates: 39°16′46″N 118°16′12″W
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Churchill County
Elevation	4,157 ft (1,267 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	857995

Frenchman, also known as Frenchman's Station, Bermond, and Bermond Station, was a community in Churchill County, Nevada, United States. Frenchman was located along U.S. Route 50 30 miles (48 km) east-southeast of Fallon.

History

The community was founded in 1904 as a stagecoach stop; it took its name from Aime "Frenchy" Bermond, a French immigrant. "Frenchy's" offered a respite for people, animals and freight traveling between Fallon, Fairview and Wonder in the early 1900s. The way station provided lodging and food, with a hotel, restaurant, saloons and stables.

The U.S. Navy bought out the community in 1985 due to its proximity to the Dixie Valley bombing range, and its remaining buildings were demolished two years later.

The community is mentioned in the book Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon, which includes a picture of Margaret and Laurie Chealander.

See also

• List of ghost towns in Nevada

External links

Media related to Frenchman, Nevada at Wikimedia Commons