Wabuska (wuh-BUHS-kuh) is a very small unincorporated village in Lyon County, Nevada. The population is 150. It is in the Walker River Basin, on the north end of the Mason Valley, 10 miles north of Yerington, the Lyon County seat. The elevation is 4300 feet. The town is on Highway 95A, and a Union Pacific rail line crosses the highway at Wabuska. The history of Wabuska (the Washoe Indian term for white grass) started in the 1870’s when the settlement served as a coach and freight stop for travelers and shipments of supplies going to the booming mining towns of Nevada, including Aurora, Goldfield, and Bodie, California