Welcome to Saint Thomas ...

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

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

Saint Thomas would have been located within present day Clark County<2>.

Saint Thomas was established in 1865. The community was inundated by Lake Mead.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Thomas: St. Thomas

While the community is gone, the present day location for Saint Thomas is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you leave Saint Thomas and travel south, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Saint Thomas would have been located in the (702) area code.

Communities Also Named Saint Thomas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Saint Thomas: This one is located in Clark County and the other is located in Lincoln County.

Beyond Nevada, there are 20 communities that are also named Saint Thomas - they are located in Arkansas (3), Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Dakota, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Quebec (4).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Thomas.

Communities near Saint Thomas ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Saint Thomas.

• Overton
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
  • Overton is located in Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overton <4>
• Simonsville ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simonsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville
  • Simonsville is located in Clark County
  • Simonsville has also been known as:
  • Simonville
• Moapa Valley
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moapa Valley
  • Moapa Valley is located in Clark County
• Logandale
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logandale
  • Logandale is located in Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logandale <4>
• Amber ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amber have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
  • Amber is located in Clark County
• Silver City ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Silver City is located in Clark County
• Copper City ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
  • Copper City is located in Clark County
• Gold Butte ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Butte
  • Gold Butte is located in Clark County
• Glendale
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
  • Glendale is located in Clark County
• Moapa
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moapa
  • Moapa is located in Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moapa <4>

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

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

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

Adding Saint Thomas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Thomas 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 Saint Thomas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Saint Thomas post office opened in 1866.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Thomas.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Clark County: www.accessclarkcounty.com/

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/