Welcome to Park Canyon ...

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

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

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Park Canyon would have been located within present day Nye County<2>.

Park Canyon was founded in 1863.

A typical abbreviation for Park Canyon: Park Cyn. (or less commonly used: Park Canyn. or Park Cnyn.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Park Canyon is 6,750 feet [2,057 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Park Canyon is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Communities near Park Canyon ...

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

• Ophir ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ophir is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Ophir has also been known as:
  • Toiyabe - City
  • Twin River
• Kingston
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Kingston is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
• Victorine ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Victorine is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victorine
• Carvers
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Carvers is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carvers
• Ione ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Ione is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
• Learville ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Learville is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learville
  • Learville has also been known as:
  • Searville
• Jett ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jett is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
• Berlin ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Berlin is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
• Canyon City ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Canyon City is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
• Grantsville ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Grantsville is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville

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

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

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

Adding Park Canyon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Park Canyon post office opened in 1886. The Park Canyon post office closed in 1886.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Park Canyon.