Welcome to Columbia ...So far, we found very little information about Columbia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Columbia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Columbia, please Contact Us. Columbia would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. Columbia was founded in 1871. While the community is gone, the present day location for Columbia is 6,390 feet [1,948 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Columbia is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Columbia was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Columbia was located: 775 Communities Also Named Columbia ...While we believe that this Columbia is located in Elko County, we know of another 2 Nevada communities named Columbia. Those communities are located in the following counties: Esmeralda and Eureka County. Beyond Nevada, there are 49 communities that are also named Columbia - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (6), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Columbia. Communities near Columbia ...We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Columbia.
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 Columbia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Columbia. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Columbia. 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 Columbia. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Columbia. See our Newspapers Page for Columbia. Adding Columbia to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Columbia 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 Columbia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Columbia. Footnotes ...
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