RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Nevada >> Elko County >> DelaplainIndex...

Welcome to Delaplain ...

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

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


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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Delaplain is 5,220 feet [1,591 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Delaplain is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

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

The Area Code where Delaplain was located: 775

Communities Also Named Delaplain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Delaplain - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Communities near Delaplain ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Delaplain.

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

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

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

Adding Delaplain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Delaplain 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 Delaplain was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1933).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Delaplain.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Delaplain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Elko, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Delaplain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.