Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Afton came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Afton in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Afton. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Afton, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Nevada Place Names - A Geographical Dictionary
Written by: Carlson, Helen S.
University of Nevada Press, 1974
(Available from Amazon.com)

Afton is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The GNIS database contains an entry for Afton. See our Misc Page for Afton for more information.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/

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