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Welcome to Black Horse ...

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

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


Black Horse would have been located within present day White Pine County<2>.

Black Horse was founded in 1905.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Black Horse is 6,980 feet [2,128 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Black Horse is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Black Horse was located: 775

Communities Also Named Black Horse ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Black Horse - they are located in New Jersey, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3) and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Black Horse ...

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

  • Osceola ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Osceola is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
  • Baker
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Eskdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Eskdale is located in Millard County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
  • Majors Place
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Majors Place is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors Place
  • Garrison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Shoshone ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Shoshone is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoshone
  • Taylor ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Taylor is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Gandy
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Piermont ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Piermont is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piermont
  • Burbank ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Burbank is located in Millard County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank

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

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

Adding Black Horse to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Black Horse 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 (so far) for Black Horse was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Black Horse post office opened in 1906. The Black Horse post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Black Horse.

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 Black Horse, 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 White Pine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Black Horse - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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