Cholona

Cholona is a railroad siding and ghost town located east of Trego in Pershing County

References

• GNIS
  • Citation: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000.
• Helen S. Carlson, Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary," p. 77. "Name of uncertain meaning"
  • Citation: (T54): "Western Pacific Railroad Company. Eastern Division Timetable 54."
  • Citation: (Dir. 1971): "Directory of Geographic Names, Prepared by the State of Nevada, Department of Highways, Planning Survey Division, Cartographic Section. In cooperation with U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1971."
• "Map of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad," c. 1914 shows Cholona.
• Dave Basso, "Ghosts of Humboldt region: a glimpse into Pershing County's past," 1970. p. 15. "Cholona is an abandoned railway town..."
• Rufus Wood Leigh, "Nevada place names: their origin and signifance," Deseret News Press, 1964. States that Cholon is the name of a city in French Cochin-China. Wikipedia states: "Chợ Lớn is a Chinese-influenced section of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)"