Welcome to O'Neil ...

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

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

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O'Neil would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.

O'Neil was founded in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for O'Neil is 5,760 feet [1,756 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of O'Neil is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from O'Neil, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Code where O'Neil was located: 775

Communities Also Named O'Neil ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named O'Neil - they are located in Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, New Brunswick, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Quebec.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for O'Neil.

Communities near O'Neil ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near O'Neil.

• Henry ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Henry is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
• Contact ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Contact is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contact
• San Jacinto
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • San Jacinto is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
• Shores ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Shores is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shores
• Three Creek
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Three Creek is located in Owyhee County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creek
• Afton ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Afton is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
  • Afton has also been known as:
  • Taber City
• Delaplain ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Delaplain is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplain
• Jackpot
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jackpot is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackpot
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackpot <4>
• Jarbidge
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Jarbidge is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbidge
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jarbidge <4>
• Idavada ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Idavada is located in Twin Falls County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idavada

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

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

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

Adding O'Neil to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of O'Neil 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 (so far) for O'Neil was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the O'Neil post office opened in 1894. The O'Neil post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for O'Neil.