Welcome to Helena ...So far, we found very little information about Helena. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Helena to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Helena, please Contact Us. Helena would have been located within present day Nye County<2>. Helena was founded in 1908. While the community is gone, the present day location for Helena is 6,170 feet [1,881 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Helena is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Helena was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Helena ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Helena: This one is located in Nye County and the other is located in Lander County. Beyond Nevada, there are 35 communities that are also named Helena - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Helena. Communities near Helena ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Helena.
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 Helena. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Helena. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Helena. 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 Helena. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Helena. See our Newspapers Page for Helena. Adding Helena to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Helena 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 Helena was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Helena. Footnotes ...
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