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Welcome to Delano ...So far, we found very little information about Delano. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Delano to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Delano, please Contact Us. Delano would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. The location of Delano has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Delano was founded in 1890. Several communities named Delano share the same reason for their choice of Delano. We're speculating that it might apply here: Named for Columbus Delano; Secretary of the Interior under President Grant. While the community is gone, the present day location for Delano is 6,390 feet [1,948 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Delano is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Delano was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Delano and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Delano would have been located in the (775) area code. Communities Also Named Delano ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Delano - they are located in California, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Virginia and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Delano. Communities near Delano ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Delano.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Delano. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Delano. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Delano. 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 Delano. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Delano. See our Newspapers Page for Delano. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/ The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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