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Welcome to Lander ...So far, we found very little information about Lander. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Lander to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lander, please Contact Us. Lander would have been located within present day Lander County<2>. The location of Lander has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Lander was founded in 1870. While the community is gone, the present day location for Lander is 5,350 feet [1,631 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Lander is 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Lander was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Lander would have been located in the (775) area code. Communities Also Named Lander ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Lander - they are located in California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lander. Communities near Lander ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lander.
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 Lander. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lander. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lander. 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 Lander. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lander. See our Newspapers Page for Lander. Adding Lander to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lander 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 Lander was on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map of Nevada (1883). We also found Lander in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Lander post office opened in 1906. For more details, see References and Mentions for Lander. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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