Welcome to Lavon ...

Lavon is located in White Pine County<1>.

Lavon is 6,430 feet [1,960 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lavon is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Lavon: 775

Communities Also Named Lavon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lavon - they are located in Montana and Texas.

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

Communities near Lavon ...

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

• Ely
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ely is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,014 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ely <3>
• Baltimore Mill ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Baltimore Mill is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Mill
• McGill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • McGill is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
• Steptoe
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Steptoe is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steptoe
• Calumet ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Calumet is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
• East Ely
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • East Ely is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ely
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Ely <3>
• Lane City ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lane City is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane City
  • Former name for Lane City:
  • Mineral City
• Keystone
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Keystone is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
• Ruth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Ruth is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
  • Ruth has also been known as:
  • New Ruth
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruth <3>
• Copper Flat
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Copper Flat is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lavon ...

Looking for more information about Lavon? 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 Lavon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lavon.

Adding Lavon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lavon 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 Lavon was mentioned on a train schedule titled Nevada Northern Railway Employees' Time Table #67 (January 1937).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lavon.