Welcome to Amador ...

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

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

Amador would have been located within present day Lander County<2>.

The location of Amador has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

Amador was founded in 1863.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Amador is 6,350 feet [1,935 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Amador is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Amador would have been located in the (775) area code.

Communities Also Named Amador ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Amador - they are located in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Montana.

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

Communities near Amador ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Amador.

• Austin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Austin is located in Lander County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austin <5>
• Clifton ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Lander County
• Jacobsville ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
  • Jacobsville is located in Lander County
• Canon City ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canon City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
  • Canon City is located in Lander County
• Lander City ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lander City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander City
  • Lander City is located in Lander County
• Canyon City ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
  • Canyon City is located in Lander County
• Victorine ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victorine
  • Victorine is located in Nye County
• Kingston
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Kingston is located in Lander County

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

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

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

Adding Amador to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Amador post office opened in 1864.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Amador.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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