Welcome to American Canyon (aka 'Spring Valley') ...

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

We've added American Canyon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of American Canyon - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with American Canyon, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of American Canyon <3>, we believe that it would have been located within present day Pershing County<2>.

American Canyon was founded in 1884.

A typical abbreviation for American Canyon: American Cyn. (or less commonly used: American Canyn. or American Cnyn.)

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

The Area Code where American Canyon was located: 775

The community of American Canyon has also been called Spring Valley.

Communities Also Named American Canyon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named American Canyon - it's located in California.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about American Canyon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Pershing, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	American Canyon is also known as Spring Valley. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for American Canyon.