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Welcome to Curtis ...So far, we found very little information about Curtis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Curtis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Curtis, please Contact Us. Curtis would have been located within present day Lander County<2>. The location of Curtis has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Curtis, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1883. While the community is gone, the present day location for Curtis is 5,430 feet [1,655 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Curtis is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Curtis was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time If Curtis still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code. Communities Also Named Curtis ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Curtis - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado (3), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New York (2), Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas (3), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Curtis. Communities near Curtis ...We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Curtis.
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 Curtis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Curtis. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Curtis. 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 Curtis. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Curtis. See our Newspapers Page for Curtis. Adding Curtis to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Curtis 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 Curtis was on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map of Nevada (1883). We also found Curtis in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Curtis. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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