Daveytown is a ghost town located in Humboldt County, Nevada about twenty four miles north-northwest of Winnemucca and east of the Slumbering Hills.

[1] Daveytown is named for the Davey Mine.

[2] Daveytown was an active mining area from 1910 until the 1930s.

[3] In 1938, the Davey Mine was no longer owned by the Davey family and was known as the Mayday Mine.

The Mayday Mine had a ten stamp mill and a tailings mill at Daveytown.