Country United States County White Pine FIPS code 32-04100 Elevation 1,620 m Population 68 (2010) | State Nevada Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) GNIS feature ID 855961 Area 230 ha Local time Tuesday 9:57 AM | |
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Baker is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is located 5 miles (8 km) east of the main entrance of Great Basin National Park at the junction of State Routes 487 and 488. The town is named after an early settler, George W. Baker. Its population at the 2010 census was 68.
Contents
- Map of Baker NV 89311 USA
- Education
- Commercial operations
- Prominent citizens
- In popular culture
- References
Map of Baker, NV 89311, USA
Education
Public education is provided through the White Pine County School District. Baker K-12 school is the only school in Baker.
Commercial operations
Lodgings in the community include 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, Bill and Kathy Rountree, and "Doc" Sherman.
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, 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 the Clock of the Long Now, a timepiece designed to operate with minimum human intervention for ten millennia.
In popular culture
In January 1997, Late Show with David Letterman produced a segment on the town, 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."