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.

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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 elevation 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)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stargo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stargo
  • Stargo is located in Nye County
• Learville ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Learville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learville
  • Learville is located in Nye County
  • Learville has also been known as:
  • Searville
• 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>

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.