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Welcome to Dixie ...

Dixie is located in Churchill County<1>.

Dixie is 3,640 feet [1,109 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Dixie is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Dixie lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Dixie: 775

Communities Also Named Dixie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Dixie: This one is located in Churchill County and the other is located in Pershing County.

Beyond Nevada, there are 56 communities that are also named Dixie - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Arkansas (6), California, Florida (2), Georgia (3), Idaho (2), Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas, Kentucky (5), Louisiana (4), Mississippi (3), Missouri, North Carolina (3), Ohio, Ontario (2), Oregon (3), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia (2).

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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

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

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

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 - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.