Welcome to Kennedy ...
So far, we found very little information about Kennedy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Kennedy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kennedy, please Contact Us.
Kennedy would have been located within present day Pershing County<2>.
The location of Kennedy has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
Kennedy was founded in 1893.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Kennedy is 5,240 feet [1,597 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Kennedy is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Kennedy was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Kennedy still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code.
Communities Also Named Kennedy ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Kennedy - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia (2), California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kennedy.
Communities near Kennedy ...
We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Kennedy.
- Boyer ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Unionville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Pershing County
- Star City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Star City is located in Pershing County
- Bonnie Briar ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Briar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Briar
- Bonnie Briar is located in Pershing County
- Zola ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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 Kennedy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kennedy.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kennedy. See our Newspapers Page for Kennedy.
Adding Kennedy to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Kennedy 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 Kennedy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Kennedy post office opened in 1892.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Kennedy.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Nevada: 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 Kennedy, 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 Pershing, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kennedy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |