Welcome to Birch ...

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

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

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Birch would have been located within present day Eureka County<2>.

Birch was founded in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Birch is 5,860 feet [1,786 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Birch is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Birch was located: 775

Communities Also Named Birch ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Birch - they are located in Kansas (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Birch ...

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

• Diamond City ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Diamond City is located in Eureka County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
• Alpha ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Alpha is located in Eureka County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
• Fort Ruby ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Ruby is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ruby
  • Fort Ruby has also been known as:
  • Camp Ruby
• Mineral Hill ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mineral Hill is located in Eureka County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
• Mineral ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Mineral is located in Eureka County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
• Shanty Town
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Shanty Town is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
• Blackburn ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Blackburn is located in Eureka County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
• Huntington ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Huntington is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
• Cave Creek
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cave Creek is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
  • Cave Creek has also been known as:
  • Cavecreek
• Eureka
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Eureka is located in Eureka County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <4>

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

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

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

Adding Birch to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Birch post office opened in 1901. The Birch post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Birch.