Welcome to Excelsior ...So far, we found very little information about Excelsior. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Excelsior to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Excelsior, please Contact Us. Excelsior would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. Excelsior was founded in 1871. While the community is gone, the present day location for Excelsior is 6,300 feet [1,920 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Excelsior is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Excelsior was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Excelsior was located: 775 Communities Also Named Excelsior ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Excelsior - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (3), Iowa, Kansas (3), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Excelsior. Communities near Excelsior ...We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Excelsior.
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 Excelsior. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Excelsior. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Excelsior. 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 Excelsior. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Excelsior. See our Newspapers Page for Excelsior. Adding Excelsior to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Excelsior in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Excelsior was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Excelsior. Footnotes ...
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