Empire is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, with a population estimated at 65 (2021). [3] Prior to the 2010 census it was part of the Gerlach–Empire census-designated place, it is now part of the Reno – Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area .

Apr 23, 2021 · Empire, the abandoned mining town from "Nomadland," is a real-life place in the Nevada desert. Empire shut down in 2011 due to the recession and became a ghost town until 2016....

Feb 19, 2021 · The events of Chloe Zhao's Nomadland spiral outward from the closure of the United States Gypsum plant in Empire, Nevada - raising the questions of what actually happened there. As a result of the plant's closure, the town of Empire disappears as well, with even its ZIP Code vanishing into thin air.

Mar 1, 2021 · Empire is located about 100 miles northeast of Reno, just south of the Black Rock Desert where the Burning Man arts festival takes place. Today, the town is home to a...

Mar 6, 2021 · Empire is located about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Reno, just south of the Black Rock Desert where the Burning Man arts festival takes place. Today, the town is home to a general store, a gas pump, a storage business and the gypsum mining operations, which -- true to the movie’s plot -- closed in 2011.

May 18, 2018 · Flying over Nevada. Empire Nevada was a company-owned town with a large gypsum mine that failed to make it through the 2008-2010 recession. Think wall-boards for all the construction that wasn’t happening.

Apr 23, 2021 · Empire, the abandoned mining town from "Nomadland," is a real-life place in the Nevada desert. Empire shut down in 2011 due to the recession and became a ghost town until 2016.

Jun 12, 2011 · Empire, about 100 miles northeast of Reno in the Black Rock Desert, will become an instant ghost town, its gypsum mine vacant and drywall plant shuttered for the first time since 1923.

Mar 6, 2021 · Empire is located about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Reno, just south of the Black Rock Desert where the Burning Man arts festival takes place. Today, the town is home to a general store, a...

Apr 27, 2021 · This week, we spotlight the Black Rock Desert and the company town of Empire in Northern Nevada, a location with a connection to the Burning Man festival, the Oscar-winning film Nomadland, and an astounding geological past.