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Welcome to Davis Dam ...

Davis Dam is located in Mohave County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Davis Dam, you might consider that their post office opened in 1950.

Davis Dam is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Davis Dam lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Davis Dam and travel west, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Davis Dam: 928

Communities Also Named Davis Dam ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Davis Dam - it's located in Nevada.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Davis Dam.

Communities near Davis Dam ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Davis Dam.

  • Bullhead City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hardyville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hardyville is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
  • Mojave City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Mojave City is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojave City
  • Fort Mohave
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Mesquite Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mesquite Creek is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite Creek
  • Oatman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Oldtrails ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oldtrails is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtrails
  • Mojave Ranch Estates
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mojave Ranch Estates is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojave Ranch Estates
  • Mohave Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Willow Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Willow Valley is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Davis Dam ...

Looking for more information about Davis Dam? 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 Davis Dam, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Davis Dam.

Adding Davis Dam to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Davis Dam in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Davis Dam was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Davis Dam post office opened in 1950. The Davis Dam post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Davis Dam.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Mohave, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Davis Dam - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/