Welcome to Bernice ...
So far, we found very little information about Bernice. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bernice to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bernice, please Contact Us.
Bernice would have been located within present day Churchill County<2>.
The location of Bernice has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
Bernice was founded in 1882.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Bernice is 4,940 feet [1,506 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Bernice is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Bernice was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Bernice still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code.
Communities Also Named Bernice ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Bernice - they are located in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bernice.
Adding Bernice to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bernice in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bernice was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Bernice post office opened in 1883.
We also found Bernice in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bernice.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Churchill County: www.churchillcounty.org/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bernice, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Churchill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bernice - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |