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Welcome to Henry ...

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

We've added Henry to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Henry, please Contact Us.


Henry would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Henry is 5,450 feet [1,661 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Henry is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Henry, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Code where Henry was located: 775

Communities Also Named Henry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Henry - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Colorado (3), Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia (3) and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Henry ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Henry.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Henry. 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 Henry.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Henry. See our Newspapers Page for Henry.

Adding Henry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Henry 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 (so far) for Henry was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Henry.

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 Henry, 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 Elko, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Henry - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.