Welcome to Francis ...

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

We've added Francis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Francis - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Francis, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Francis , we believe that it would have been located within present day Washoe County<2>.

Francis was founded in 1915.

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

The Area Code where Francis was located: 775

Communities Also Named Francis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Francis - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Texas, Utah, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

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

Adding Francis to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Francis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Francis post office opened in 1915.

We also found Francis in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Francis.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Francis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Washoe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/