Welcome to Black Forest ...So far, we found very little information about Black Forest. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Black Forest to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Black Forest, please Contact Us. Black Forest would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. Black Forest was founded in 1872. A typical abbreviation for Black Forest: Black Frst. While the community is gone, the present day location for Black Forest is 8,320 feet [2,536 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Black Forest is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Black Forest was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Black Forest was located: 775 Communities Also Named Black Forest ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Black Forest - they are located in California, Colorado, Georgia, New Mexico and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Black Forest. Communities near Black Forest ...We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Black Forest.
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 Black Forest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Black Forest. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Black Forest. 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 Black Forest. Adding Black Forest to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Black Forest 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 Black Forest was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Black Forest. Footnotes ...
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