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Welcome to Hunter ...

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

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


Hunter would have been located within present day White Pine County<2>.

Hunter was founded in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hunter is 6,990 feet [2,131 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Hunter is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Hunter was located: 775

Communities Also Named Hunter ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Hunter: This one is located in White Pine County and the other is located in Elko County.

Beyond Nevada, there are 31 communities that are also named Hunter - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hunter ...

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

  • Cherry Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cherry Creek is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
  • Ruby Hill ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ruby Hill is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Hill
    • Ruby Hill has also been known as:
    • Rubyville
  • McGill
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • McGill is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
  • Steptoe
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Steptoe is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steptoe
  • Adverse ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Adverse is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adverse
  • Aurum ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Aurum is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurum
  • McGill Junction ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • McGill Junction is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill Junction
  • Keystone
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Keystone is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Baltimore Mill ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Baltimore Mill is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Mill
  • Piermont ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Piermont is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piermont

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

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

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

Adding Hunter to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hunter post office opened in 1877. The Hunter post office closed in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hunter.

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 Hunter, 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 White Pine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hunter - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/