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Welcome to Rio Tinto ...

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

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


Rio Tinto would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.

Rio Tinto was founded in 1919.

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

The Area Code where Rio Tinto was located: 775

Communities near Rio Tinto ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Rio Tinto.

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

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

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

Adding Rio Tinto to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Rio Tinto was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rio Tinto post office opened in 1936. The Rio Tinto post office closed in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rio Tinto.

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 Rio Tinto, 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 Elko, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/