Welcome to East Las Vegas ...
East Las Vegas is located in Clark County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of East Las Vegas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1959.
A typical abbreviation for East Las Vegas: E. Las Vegas
East Las Vegas is 1,650 feet [503 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: East Las Vegas lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave East Las Vegas and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.
Area Codes for East Las Vegas: 702 & 725<3>
Communities Also Named East Las Vegas ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Las Vegas - it's located in New Mexico.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Las Vegas.
Communities near East Las Vegas ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Las Vegas.
- Las Vegas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas
- Las Vegas is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662,368 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Las Vegas <4>
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Henderson is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329,172 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson <4>
- North Las Vegas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Las Vegas
- North Las Vegas is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260,098 people
- Boulder City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Boulder City is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,410 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boulder City <4>
- Paradise
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Paradise is located in Clark County
- Victory Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Victory Village is located in Clark County
- Winchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Winchester is located in Clark County
- Boulder Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boulder Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Boulder Junction is located in Clark County
- Bracken ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Hoover City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoover City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover City
- Hoover City is located in Clark County
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around East Las Vegas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Las Vegas.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Las Vegas. See our Newspapers Page for East Las Vegas.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Las Vegas ...
Looking for more information about East Las Vegas? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to East Las Vegas, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Las Vegas.
Adding East Las Vegas to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of East Las Vegas 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 East Las Vegas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the East Las Vegas post office opened in 1959.
For more details, see References and Mentions for East Las Vegas.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Las Vegas. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clark County: www.accessclarkcounty.com/
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Las Vegas - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 702 code has been Overlayed with the 725 area code. New phone numbers in the East Las Vegas area will be assigned with one of these codes: 702 or 725. As a result, placing a call in the East Las Vegas area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |