Welcome to Parran ...

Parran is located in Churchill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Parran, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Parran is 3,880 feet [1,183 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Parran is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Parran: 775

Communities Also Named Parran ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Parran - it's located in Maryland.

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

Communities near Parran ...

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

• Huxley ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Huxley is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
• Cressid ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cressid is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cressid
• Jessup ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jessup is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
• Toulon ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Toulon is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
• Hazen
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hazen is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
• Ragtown ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Ragtown is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
• Darwin ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Darwin is located in Lyon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
• Fallon
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Fallon is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,751 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallon <3>
• Granite Point ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Granite Point is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Point
• Stillwater
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Stillwater is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Parran ...

Looking for more information about Parran? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Parran, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Parran.

Adding Parran to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Parran 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 Parran was mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Parran.