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Welcome to Bronco (aka 'Bronca') ...So far, we found very little information about Bronco. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bronco to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bronco, please Contact Us. Bronco would have been located within present day Washoe County<2>. The location of Bronco has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Bronco was founded in 1872. While the community is gone, the present day location for Bronco is 7,510 feet [2,289 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Bronco is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Bronco was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Bronco once stood is in the (775) area code. The community of Bronco has also been called Bronca. Communities Also Named Bronco ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Bronco - they are located in California (2), Georgia, New Mexico and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bronco. Communities near Bronco ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bronco.
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 Bronco. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bronco. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bronco. 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 Bronco. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bronco. See our Newspapers Page for Bronco. Adding Bronco to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bronco 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 for Bronco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bronco. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Washoe County: www.co.washoe.nv.us/ The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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