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Welcome to Reese River ...

Reese River is located in Nye County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Reese River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1946.

A typical abbreviation for Reese River: Reese Riv.

Reese River is 6,590 feet [2,009 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Reese River is 1¼ mile [or 2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Reese River lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Reese River ...

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

  • Ione ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ione is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
  • Berlin ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Berlin is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Grantsville ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Grantsville is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
  • Ophir ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Ophir is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Ophir has also been known as:
    • Toiyabe - City
    • Twin River
  • Green Springs ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Green Springs is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
  • Carvers
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Carvers is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carvers
  • Lodi ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Lodi is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
  • Jett ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jett is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
  • Kingston
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingston is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Victorine ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Victorine is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victorine

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Reese River ...

Looking for more information about Reese River? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Reese River, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Reese River.

Adding Reese River to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Reese River in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Reese River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Reese River post office opened in 1946. The Reese River post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Reese River.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Reese River - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/