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Welcome to Pedro ...So far, we found very little information about Pedro. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Pedro to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pedro, please Contact Us. Pedro would have been located within present day Lander County<2>. The location of Pedro has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Pedro was founded in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Pedro is 6,760 feet [2,060 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Pedro is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Pedro was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Pedro would have been located in the (775) area code. Communities Also Named Pedro ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Pedro - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pedro. Communities near Pedro ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pedro.
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 Pedro. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pedro. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pedro. 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 Pedro. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pedro. See our Newspapers Page for Pedro. Adding Pedro to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Pedro 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 for Pedro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Pedro. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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