Welcome to Cobre ...

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

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

Cobre would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.

Cobre was established in 1906.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cobre is 5,920 feet [1,804 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Cobre is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Cobre, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Code where Cobre was located: 775

Communities Also Named Cobre ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cobre - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Cobre ...

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

• Loray
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loray. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loray
  • Loray is located in Elko County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Loray
  • From Cobre to Loray
• Oasis
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
  • Oasis is located in Elko County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oasis <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Oasis
  • From Cobre to Oasis
• Montello
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
  • Montello is located in Elko County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montello <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Montello
  • From Cobre to Montello
• Holborn ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holborn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
  • Holborn is located in Elko County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Holborn
  • From Cobre to Holborn
• Shafter ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shafter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
  • Shafter is located in Elko County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Shafter
  • From Cobre to Shafter
• Melandco ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Melandco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melandco
  • Melandco is located in Elko County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Melandco
  • From Cobre to Melandco
• Spruce ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spruce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
  • Spruce is located in Elko County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Spruce
  • From Cobre to Spruce
• Hogan ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hogan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
  • Hogan is located in Elko County
  • Hogan has also been known as:
  • Hogen
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hogan
  • From Cobre to Hogan
• Wilkins ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilkins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
  • Wilkins is located in Elko County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wilkins
  • From Cobre to Wilkins
• Wells
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • Wells is located in Elko County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wells
  • From Cobre to Wells

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

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

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

Adding Cobre to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cobre 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 for Cobre was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cobre.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/

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