Welcome to Barrett ...So far, we found very little information about Barrett. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Barrett to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Barrett, please Contact Us. Barrett would have been located within present day Nye County<2>. Barrett was founded in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Barrett is 6,470 feet [1,972 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Barrett is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Barrett was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Barrett ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Barrett - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California (2), Georgia, Indiana, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas (2), West Virginia (2) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barrett. Communities near Barrett ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barrett.
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 Barrett. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barrett. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barrett. 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 Barrett. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barrett. See our Newspapers Page for Barrett. Adding Barrett to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Barrett in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Barrett was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Barrett. Footnotes ...
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