Bullfrog County

English en Etymology en bullfrog county. The county is named after the former mining district of en Bullfrog, which was named after the Bullfrog Mining Company, which was named after the Bullfrog Mine, which was named after the color of the gold ore the mine, colored like a bullfrog, which in turn refers the frog. Proper noun en former county co/Nye s/Nevada c/USA, containing en Yucca Mountain; but having no residents, no buildings, no roads; except for the infrastructure of the U.S. national nuclear waste storage site at Yucca. Bullfrog county, a 12mix12mi square centered around Yucca, was split from en Nye County in 1987 and merged back into it in 1989. The county of Bullfrog was completely enclaved inside Nye. The county seat was en Carson City, the capital of Nevada, and not located inside Bullfrog. en proposed county co/Nye s/Nevada c/USA Bullfrog. A failed proposal from 1909 to split off southern en Nye County into a new separate county. This proposed county would also contain the en Bullfrog Mining District, and the future failed county of Bullfrog within its territory, and the now ghosttown of Bullfrog. Synonyms en Bullfrog County of Bullfrog