Welcome to Bristol ...So far, we found very little information about Bristol. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bristol to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bristol, please Contact Us. Bristol would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>. Bristol was founded in 1878. While the community is gone, the present day location for Bristol is 7,020 feet [2,140 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Bristol is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Bristol was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Bristol was located: 775 Communities Also Named Bristol ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Bristol: This one is located in Lincoln County and the other is located in Washoe County. Beyond Nevada, there are 44 communities that are also named Bristol - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana (2), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bristol. Communities near Bristol ...We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Bristol.
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 Bristol. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bristol. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bristol. 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 Bristol. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bristol. See our Newspapers Page for Bristol. Adding Bristol to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bristol 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 Bristol was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bristol. Footnotes ...
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