Welcome to Holborn ...
So far, we found very little information about Holborn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Holborn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holborn, please Contact Us.
Holborn would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Holborn, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Holborn, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Holborn is 6,100 feet [1,859 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Holborn is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Holborn was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Holborn and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).
If Holborn still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code.
Communities near Holborn ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Holborn.
- Wells
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Wells is located in Elko County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <5>
- Melandco ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Oasis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Oasis is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oasis <5>
- Toano ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Cobre ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Wilkins ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Metropolis ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metropolis
- Metropolis is located in Elko County
- Shores ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Wood ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Wood is located in Elko County
- Shafter ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Holborn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holborn.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Holborn. 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 Holborn.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Holborn. See our Newspapers Page for Holborn.
Adding Holborn to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Holborn 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 Holborn was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Holborn.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/
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 Holborn, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holborn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |