Hawthorne is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, Nevada, United States.

[5] The location was adjacent to the important Knapp's Station and Ferry Landing on the busy Esmeralda Toll Road from Wadsworth to Candelaria.

[5] H. M. Yerington named the new town "Hawthorne" after a lumberman, rancher, and law enforcement friend he knew in Carson City.

[6] In 1883, Hawthorne took the Esmeralda County seat from declining Aurora but later lost it to booming Goldfield.

[7] It is nearly surrounded by the Hawthorne Army Depot and is bordered to the northwest by the remains of the community of Babbitt.

[1] Walker Lake is 7 miles (11 km) to the north, and the Wassuk Range overlooks the town from the west.

The highest point in the range and in Mineral County, 11,239-foot (3,426 m) Mount Grant, is 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Hawthorne.