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Welcome to Granite Point ...

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

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


Granite Point would have been located within present day Pershing County<2>.



A typical abbreviation for Granite Point: Granite Pt.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Granite Point is 3,920 feet [1,195 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Granite Point is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

The location where Granite Point once stood is in the (775) area code.

Communities Also Named Granite Point ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Granite Point: This one is located in Pershing County and the other is located in Humboldt County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Granite Point.

Communities near Granite Point ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Granite Point.

  • Lovelock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Toulon ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toulon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
    • Toulon is located in Pershing County
  • Cressid ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cressid have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cressid
    • Cressid is located in Churchill County
  • Colado ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colado have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colado
    • Colado is located in Pershing County
  • Huxley ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
    • Huxley is located in Churchill County
  • Jessup ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessup have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
    • Jessup is located in Churchill County
  • Torreytown ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Torreytown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torreytown
    • Torreytown is located in Pershing County
  • Zola ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zola
    • Zola is located in Pershing County
  • Tunnel Camp ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Camp
    • Tunnel Camp is located in Pershing County
  • Seven Troughs ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Troughs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Troughs
    • Seven Troughs is located in Pershing County

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Granite Point. See our Newspapers Page for Granite Point.

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 Granite Point, 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 Pershing, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Granite Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.









 

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