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Welcome to Las Vegas ...Las Vegas is located on the South Texas Plains. Las Vegas is located in Dimmit County<1>. The location of Las Vegas has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Las Vegas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. When the people of Las Vegas refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Las Vegan<3> Las Vegas is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Las Vegas lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Las Vegas lies within the (830) area code. Communities Also Named Las Vegas ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Las Vegas - they are located in Nevada and New Mexico. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Las Vegas. Communities near Las Vegas ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Las Vegas.
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 Las Vegas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Las Vegas. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Las Vegas. 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 Las Vegas. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Las Vegas. See our Newspapers Page for Las Vegas. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Las Vegas ...Looking for more information about Las Vegas? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Las Vegas, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Las Vegas. Adding Las Vegas to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Las Vegas. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Las Vegas. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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