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is an unincorporated community straddling the Nevada–Oregon border, in Humboldt County, Nevada, and Malheur County, Oregon in the United States. For statistical purposes, the census bureau has defined the portion of McDermitt in Nevada as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. The Oregon portion of McDermitt is not part of the CDP, but is included in the Ontario, OR–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 269, a precipitous decline from the 373 people enumerated in the census a decade earlier.
, was named after Charles McDermit , a commander of the Military District of Nevada in the 1860s. The original military fort, which was five miles (8 km) outside the current township, was originally established to protect a stagecoach route from Virginia City to Boise, Idaho. The township of Dugout was established as support for the military fort.