Welcome to Duckwater ...Duckwater is located in Nye County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Duckwater, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873. Duckwater is 5,490 feet [1,673 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Duckwater is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Duckwater lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The ZIP code for Duckwater: 89314<3> Communities near Duckwater ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Duckwater.
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 Duckwater. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Duckwater. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Duckwater. 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 Duckwater. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Duckwater. See our Newspapers Page for Duckwater. Adding Duckwater to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Duckwater 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 Duckwater was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Duckwater. Footnotes ...
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