Mottsville
Israel Mott and his wife Eliza (Middaugh) settled south of Mormon Station in 1851. Eliza was the first white woman to settle in Carson Valley. They were joined by Israel's parents, Hiram and Elizabeth Mott, in 1852. Notably, Mottsville was the site of Nevada's first school, which was held in the kitchen of Eliza Mott beginning in 1854. Until the 1860s when Kingsbury Grade opened, Mottsville was an important stop for travelers to California, but thereafter began to decline through the 1890s. While the community never achieved any further prominence, the name is still infrequently used. The cemetery and an old schoolhouse remain, and Mottsville Lane connects the little settlement to Minden and Gardnerville.
