Welcome to Mizpah ...

Mizpah is located in Elko County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mizpah, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

Mizpah is 5,660 feet [1,725 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Mizpah is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Mizpah: 775

Communities Also Named Mizpah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Mizpah: This one is located in Elko County and the other is located in White Pine County.

Beyond Nevada, there are 7 communities that are also named Mizpah - they are located in Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina (2) and Ontario.

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

Communities near Mizpah ...

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

• Currie
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currie
  • Currie is located in Elko County
• Goshute ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goshute. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshute
  • Goshute is located in Elko County
  • Goshute has also been known as:
  • Goshiute Station
  • Goshute Station
  • Gosiute
• Sprucemont
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sprucemont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucemont
  • Sprucemont is located in Elko County
• Hogan ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hogan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
  • Hogan is located in Elko County
  • Hogan has also been known as:
  • Hogen
• Greens ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greens. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens
  • Greens is located in White Pine County
• Spruce ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spruce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
  • Spruce is located in Elko County

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

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

Adding Mizpah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mizpah 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 for Mizpah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mizpah post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mizpah.