Welcome to Golden ...
So far, we found very little information about Golden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Golden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Golden, please Contact Us.
Golden would have been located within present day Nye County<2>.
Golden was founded in 1906.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Golden is 6,960 feet [2,121 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Golden is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Golden was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Golden ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Golden - they are located in Alaska, British Columbia, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Michigan (4), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas (2), Washington and West Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Golden.
Communities near Golden ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Golden.
- Cloverdale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Nye County
- Grantsville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
- Grantsville is located in Nye County
- Berlin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Berlin is located in Nye County
- Peavine ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Goldyke ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldyke
- Goldyke is located in Nye County
- Indian Springs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Indian Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Nye County
- Indian Springs has also been known as:
- Indian Spring
- Simon ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simon
- Simon is located in Mineral County
- Jett ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Ione ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Ione is located in Nye County
- Carvers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carvers
- Carvers is located in Nye 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 Golden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Golden.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Golden. 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 Golden.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Golden. See our Newspapers Page for Golden.
Adding Golden to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Golden 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 Golden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Golden post office opened in 1906.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Golden.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Nye County: www.co.nye.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
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 Golden, 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 Nye, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Golden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |