Welcome to Cortez ...So far, we found very little information about Cortez. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Cortez to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cortez, please Contact Us. Cortez would have been located within present day Lander County<2>. The pronunciation of Cortez: CORT-us<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Cortez, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868. While the community is gone, the present day location for Cortez is 6,130 feet [1,868 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Cortez is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Cortez was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Cortez was located: 775 Communities Also Named Cortez ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Cortez - they are located in California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cortez. Communities near Cortez ...We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Cortez.
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 Cortez. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cortez. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cortez. 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 Cortez. Adding Cortez to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cortez 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 (so far) for Cortez was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Cortez. Footnotes ...
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