Welcome to Dixie Valley ...
Dixie Valley is located in Churchill County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Dixie Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.
A typical abbreviation for Dixie Valley: Dixie Vly. (or less commonly used: Dixie Vally. or Dixie Vlly.)
Dixie Valley is 3,430 feet [1,045 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Dixie Valley is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Dixie Valley lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Dixie Valley: 775
Communities Also Named Dixie Valley ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dixie Valley - it's located in Utah.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dixie Valley.
Communities near Dixie Valley ...
We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Dixie Valley.
- Boyer ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Boyer is located in Churchill County
- Stillwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stillwater. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stillwater is located in Churchill County
- Eastgate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastgate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgate
- Eastgate is located in Churchill County
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 Dixie Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dixie Valley.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dixie Valley. 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 Dixie Valley.
Adding Dixie Valley to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Dixie Valley 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 for Dixie Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Dixie Valley post office opened in 1918.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Dixie Valley.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Churchill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dixie Valley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |