Welcome to Jackpot ...

Jackpot is located in Elko County<1>.

Jackpot was established in 1954.

Jackpot is 5,280 feet [1,609 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Jackpot is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

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

Area Code for Jackpot: 775

The ZIP code for Jackpot: 89825<3>

Going back to its beginning, Jackpot was originally named Horseshu. For more information about the names of Jackpot, see The Names of Jackpot on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Jackpot ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Jackpot.

• San Jacinto
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • San Jacinto is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to San Jacinto
  • From Jackpot to San Jacinto
• Contact ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Contact is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contact
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Contact
  • From Jackpot to Contact
• Rogerson
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Rogerson is located in Twin Falls County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerson
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogerson <4>
• Henry ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Henry is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Henry
  • From Jackpot to Henry
• Hollister
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Hollister is located in Twin Falls County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
• Three Creek
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Three Creek is located in Owyhee County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creek
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Three Creek
  • From Jackpot to Three Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jackpot ...

Looking for more information about Jackpot? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Jackpot, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Jackpot.

Adding Jackpot to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jackpot 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 Jackpot was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Jackpot post office opened in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jackpot.