Welcome to Decoy ...So far, we found very little information about Decoy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Decoy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Decoy, please Contact Us. Decoy would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. While the community is gone, the present day location for Decoy is 5,580 feet [1,701 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Decoy is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Decoy was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Decoy was located: 775 Communities Also Named Decoy ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Decoy - it's located in Kentucky. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Decoy. Communities near Decoy ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Decoy.
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 Decoy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Decoy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Decoy. 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 Decoy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Decoy. See our Newspapers Page for Decoy. Adding Decoy to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Decoy 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 Decoy was mentioned on a train schedule titled Nevada Northern Railway Employees' Time Table #67 (January 1937). For more details, see References and Mentions for Decoy. Footnotes ...
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