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Welcome to Huntington ...So far, we found very little information about Huntington. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Huntington to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Huntington, please Contact Us. Huntington would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. The location of Huntington has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Huntington was founded in 1873. When the people of Huntington referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Huntingtonian<4> While the community is gone, the present day location for Huntington is 5,870 feet [1,789 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the elevation of Huntington is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Huntington was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time If Huntington still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code. Communities Also Named Huntington ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 44 communities that are also named Huntington - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia (4), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Maryland (7), Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri (2), New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina (4), Texas (2), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (4), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Huntington. Communities near Huntington ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Huntington.
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 Huntington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Huntington. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Huntington. 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 Huntington. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Huntington. See our Newspapers Page for Huntington. Adding Huntington to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Huntington 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 for Huntington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Huntington in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Huntington. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/ The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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