Baker, Nevada

Baker is a census-designated place in southeastern White Pine County, Nevada, United States.^[2] It is located 5 miles (8.0 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.^[3]

Baker, Nevada
Census-designated place
Post Office in Baker, March 2010
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Coordinates: 39°00′52″N 114°07′35″W
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	White Pine
Area [1]
• Total	0.91 sq mi (2.35 km2)
• Land	0.90 sq mi (2.34 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation [2]	5,309 ft (1,618 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	41
• Density	45.35/sq mi (17.51/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code	89311
Area code	775
FIPS code	32-04100
GNIS feature ID	2629977[2]

Public education is provided through the White Pine County School District. Baker 3-6 Elementary school is the only school in Baker.

Main Street (State Route 487) in Baker, August 2014

Notable people

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.

In popular culture

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

• List of census-designated places in Nevada
• Baker Ranger Station