Welcome to Dolly Varden ...

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

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

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

Dolly Varden was founded in 1872.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dolly Varden is 5,590 feet [1,704 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Dolly Varden is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Dolly Varden was located: 775

Communities Also Named Dolly Varden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dolly Varden - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Dolly Varden ...

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

• Hogan ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hogan is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
  • Hogan has also been known as:
  • Hogen
• Sprucemont
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Sprucemont is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucemont
• Spruce ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Spruce is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
• Shafter ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Shafter is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
• Currie
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Currie is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currie
• Goshute ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Goshute is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshute
  • Goshute has also been known as:
  • Goshiute Station
  • Goshute Station
  • Gosiute
• West Wendover
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • West Wendover is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wendover
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,268 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Wendover <4>
• Wendover
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wendover is located in Tooele County (UT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendover
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,483 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wendover <4>

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

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

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

Adding Dolly Varden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dolly Varden 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 Dolly Varden was mentioned on a train schedule titled Nevada Northern Railway Employees' Time Table #67 (January 1937).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dolly Varden.