Welcome to Potts ...
So far, we found very little information about Potts. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Potts to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Potts, please Contact Us.
Potts would have been located within present day Nye County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Potts, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Potts is 6,650 feet [2,027 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Potts is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Potts was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Potts ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Potts - it's located in Missouri.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Potts.
Communities near Potts ...
We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Potts.
- Stargo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Learville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Lander County
- Victorine ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victorine
- Victorine is located in Nye County
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 Potts. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Potts.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Potts. 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 Potts.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Potts. See our Newspapers Page for Potts.
Adding Potts to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Potts 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 Potts was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Potts post office opened in 1898.
We also found Potts on a map titled Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Potts.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Potts, 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 Potts - 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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |