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Welcome to Edwards Creek Station ...

So far, we found very little information about Edwards Creek Station. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Edwards Creek Station to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Edwards Creek Station, please Contact Us.


Edwards Creek Station would have been located within present day Churchill County<2>.


The location of Edwards Creek Station has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


A typical abbreviation for Edwards Creek Station: Edwards Crk. Sta. (or less commonly used: Edwards Ck. Sta. or Edwards Cr. Sta.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Edwards Creek Station for more information about variations on the name of Edwards Creek Station.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Edwards Creek Station is 5,240 feet [1,597 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Edwards Creek Station is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Edwards Creek Station was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Edwards Creek Station once stood is in the (775) area code.

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 Edwards Creek Station. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Edwards Creek Station.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Edwards Creek Station. 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 Edwards Creek Station.

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 Edwards Creek Station, 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 Edwards Creek Station - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.









 

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