Welcome to Lee ...So far, we found very little information about Lee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Lee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lee, please Contact Us. Lee would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Lee is 5,730 feet [1,747 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Lee is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Lee was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Lee was located: 775 Communities Also Named Lee ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Lee: This one is located in Elko County and the other is located in Nye County. Beyond Nevada, there are 45 communities that are also named Lee - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), California, Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lee. Communities near Lee ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lee.
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 Lee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lee. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lee. 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 Lee. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lee. See our Newspapers Page for Lee. Adding Lee to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lee 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 Lee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lee. Footnotes ...
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