Welcome to Nelson ...

Nelson is located in Yavapai County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nelson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

Nelson is 5,110 feet [1,558 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Nelson is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Nelson lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Nelson is within the boundaries of the (928) area code.

Communities Also Named Nelson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arizona communities named Nelson: This one is located in Yavapai County and the other is located in Pima County.

Beyond Arizona, there are 52 communities that are also named Nelson - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho (3), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia (2), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Nelson.

Communities near Nelson ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Nelson.

• Grand Canyon Caverns
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Canyon Caverns
  • Grand Canyon Caverns is located in Coconino County
• Peach Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Springs
  • Peach Springs is located in Mohave County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peach Springs <3>
• Truxton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxton
  • Truxton is located in Mohave County
• Crozier
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crozier
  • Crozier is located in Mohave County
• Valentine
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
  • Valentine is located in Mohave County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valentine <3>
• Hackberry
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
  • Hackberry is located in Mohave County
• Seligman
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
  • Seligman is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seligman <3>
• Antares
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antares
  • Antares is located in Mohave County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Nelson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nelson.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nelson. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nelson.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nelson. See our Newspapers Page for Nelson.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nelson ...

Looking for more information about Nelson? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Nelson, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Nelson.

Adding Nelson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nelson in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Nelson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Nelson post office opened in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nelson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nelson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/