Jacobsville[3] is a ghost town located in Lander County, Nevada, six miles west[4] of Austin, on the east bank of Reese River, 0.7 mi N of US 50.

[5] The station was burned by Indians in 1860 and partially completed adobe structure was present on October 13 of that year when it was visited by Richard Francis Burton.

[2] The ruins of the adobe Pony Express station were present northwest of Jacobsville in the early 1980s.

[7] In 1861, Mark Twain traveled through the area and in "Roughing It" he wrote, "On the eighteenth day we encountered the eastward-bound telegraph-constructors at Reese River station and sent a message to his Excellency Gov.

[4] Myron Angel wrote that "[In 1863, Jacobsville] had a population of three or four hundred; also contained two hotels, three stores, post-office, telegraph office, Court House and fifty residences.