Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Amargosa Valley, NV

Amargosa Valley is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Nye County, Nevada, and at the 2020 census its population was 1,064.

The community was founded in 1905 and was formerly called Lathrop Wells, and it is named for the Amargosa River.

Amargosa Valley covers 98.66 square miles, all of it land, at an elevation of 2,664 feet.

The community is located on U.S. Route 95 about 88 miles northwest of Las Vegas, 35 miles northwest of Pahrump and 24 miles north of Death Valley Junction, California.

The Amargosa River flows through the valley from its origin in Nevada to its terminus in Death Valley, California, and at 200 miles long it flows on the surface only when rare rainfalls flood the desert washes, except for a 20-mile segment near Shoshone, California, where it flows perennially.

The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad ran through the valley from 1906 to 1940 for borax mining operations, modern development did not begin until the early 1950s, and electric power, other than that produced by private generators, was not available until 1963.

Some of the residential streets in the community cross over into California, and the Death Valley National Park boundary extends into Nevada near Beatty, approximately 30 miles northwest of Amargosa Valley.

Amargosa Valley's nickname is Valley of Faith and its motto is The Jewel of Nye County.

According to the 2023 American Community Survey, Amargosa Valley had an estimated 440 households, a median household income of $55,573, a median age of 34.5 years, and 30.7 percent of persons living below the poverty line.

The Longstreet Hotel, Casino, and RV Resort is a full-service hotel and casino with restaurants and an RV park on State Route 373 near the Nevada-California border, and it is popular with visitors to nearby Death Valley National Park.