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Welcome to Marietta ...

So far, we found very little information about Marietta. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Marietta to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Marietta, please Contact Us.


Marietta would have been located within present day Mineral County<2>.

Marietta was established in 1877.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Marietta is 4,940 feet [1,506 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Marietta is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Marietta was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Marietta was located: 775

Communities Also Named Marietta ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Marietta - they are located in Alabama, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Marietta ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Marietta to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Marietta post office opened in 1877. The Marietta post office closed in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Marietta.

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 Marietta, 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 Mineral, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Marietta - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/