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Welcome to Dean ...So far, we found very little information about Dean. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Dean to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dean, please Contact Us. Dean would have been located within present day Lander County<2>. The location of Dean has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Dean was founded in 1877. While the community is gone, the present day location for Dean is 7,090 feet [2,161 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Dean is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Dean was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time If Dean still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code. Communities Also Named Dean ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Dean - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (4), Washington (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dean. Communities near Dean ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dean.
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 Dean. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dean. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dean. 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 Dean. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dean. See our Newspapers Page for Dean. Adding Dean to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dean 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 Dean was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dean. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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