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Welcome to Comstock ...So far, we found very little information about Comstock. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Comstock to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Comstock, please Contact Us. Comstock would have been located within present day Storey County<2>. The location of Comstock has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Comstock was founded in 1923. While the community is gone, the present day location for Comstock is 5,380 feet [1,640 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Comstock is 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Comstock was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Comstock would have been located in the (775) area code. Communities Also Named Comstock ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Comstock: This one is located in Storey County and the other is located in Washoe County. Beyond Nevada, there are 13 communities that are also named Comstock - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Comstock. Communities near Comstock ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Comstock.
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 Comstock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Comstock. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Comstock. 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 Comstock. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Comstock. See our Newspapers Page for Comstock. Adding Comstock to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Comstock 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 Comstock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Comstock. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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