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Welcome to Humboldt House ...

Humboldt House is located in Pershing County<1>.

Humboldt House was founded in 1868.

Humboldt House is 4,220 feet [1,286 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Humboldt House is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Humboldt House lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Humboldt House: 775

Communities near Humboldt House ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Humboldt House.

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 Humboldt House. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Humboldt House.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Humboldt House ...

Looking for more information about Humboldt House? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Humboldt House, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Humboldt House.

Adding Humboldt House to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Humboldt House 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 Humboldt House was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Humboldt House post office opened in 1872. The Humboldt House post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Humboldt House.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Pershing, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Humboldt House - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/