Welcome to Canon City ...

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

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

Canon City would have been located within present day Lander County<2>.

The location of Canon City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

Canon City was founded in 1863.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Canon City is 5,890 feet [1,795 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Canon City is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

If Canon City still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code.

Communities Also Named Canon City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Canon City - they are located in California and Colorado (2).

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

Communities near Canon City ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Canon City.

• Austin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Austin is located in Lander County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austin <5>
• Jacobsville ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
  • Jacobsville is located in Lander County
• Lander City ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lander City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander City
  • Lander City is located in Lander County
• Yankee Blade ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Blade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Blade
  • Yankee Blade is located in Lander County
• Canyon City ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
  • Canyon City is located in Lander County
• Victorine ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victorine
  • Victorine is located in Nye County
• Kingston
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Kingston is located in Lander County

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

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

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

Adding Canon City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Canon City 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 Canon City was on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map of Nevada (1883).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canon City.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/