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Welcome to Arden ...

Arden is located in Clark County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Arden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

Arden is 2,490 feet [759 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Arden is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Arden lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Arden and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Arden lies within the (702) area code.

Communities Also Named Arden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Arden - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Arden ...

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

  • Las Vegas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Henderson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • North Las Vegas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Las Vegas
    • North Las Vegas is located in Clark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260,098 people
  • Boulder Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
    • Boulder Junction is located in Clark County
  • Bracken ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bracken have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
    • Bracken is located in Clark County
  • Sloan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
    • Sloan is located in Clark County
  • Spring Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Clark County
  • Paradise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Paradise is located in Clark County
  • Whitney
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitney have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Whitney is located in Clark County
  • Summerlin South
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerlin South
    • Summerlin South is located in Clark County

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arden ...

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

Adding Arden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arden 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 Arden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Arden post office opened in 1907.

We also found Arden mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arden.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clark County: www.accessclarkcounty.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arden - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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