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Welcome to Canyon ...

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

We've added Canyon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Canyon - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Canyon, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Canyon , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lander County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Canyon, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1883.

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

The Area Code where Canyon was located: 775

Communities Also Named Canyon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Canyon: This one is located in Lander County and the other is located in Nye County.

Beyond Nevada, there are 21 communities that are also named Canyon - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California (3), Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Ontario (2), Texas (3), Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Yukon.

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

Adding Canyon to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Canyon was on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map of Nevada (1883).

We also found Canyon in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canyon.

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 Canyon, 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 Lander, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.