Welcome to Quartz Mountain ...

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

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

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

Quartz Mountain was founded in 1905.

A typical abbreviation for Quartz Mountain: Quartz Mtn. (or less commonly used: Quartz Mntn.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Quartz Mountain is 5,310 feet [1,618 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Quartz Mountain is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Communities Also Named Quartz Mountain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Quartz Mountain - it's located in Oregon.

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

Communities near Quartz Mountain ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Quartz Mountain.

• Gabbs
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Gabbs is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gabbs <4>
• Lodi ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lodi is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
• Green Springs ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Springs is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
• Eastgate
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Eastgate is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastgate
• Goldyke ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Goldyke is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldyke
• Ione ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Ione is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
• Berlin ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Berlin is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
• Grantsville ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Grantsville is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
• Sand Springs ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Springs is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs

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

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

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

Adding Quartz Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Quartz Mountain 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 (so far) for Quartz Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Quartz Mountain post office opened in 1927. The Quartz Mountain post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quartz Mountain.