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Welcome to Potomic ...

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

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


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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Potomic is 7,150 feet [2,179 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Potomic is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Communities near Potomic ...

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

  • Indian Springs ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Indian Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
    • Indian Springs is located in Nye County
    • Indian Springs has also been known as:
    • Indian Spring
  • Peavine ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peavine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine
    • Peavine is located in Nye County
  • Manhattan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tonopah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonopah
    • Tonopah is located in Nye County
    • Former name for Tonopah:
    • Butler City
    • Tonopah has also been known as:
    • New Belmont
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tonopah <5>
  • Hannapah ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannapah
    • Hannapah is located in Nye County
  • Cloverdale ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Cloverdale is located in Nye County
  • Belmont ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Belmont is located in White Pine County
  • Jett ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
    • Jett is located in Nye County
  • Round Mountain
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Jefferson is located in Nye County

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

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

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

The official website for Nye County: www.co.nye.nv.us/

The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Potomic, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Nye, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Potomic - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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