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Welcome to Rye Patch ...

Rye Patch is located in Pershing County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rye Patch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Rye Patch is 4,260 feet [1,298 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Rye Patch is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Rye Patch: 775

Communities Also Named Rye Patch ...

While we believe that this Rye Patch is located in Pershing County, we know of another 2 Nevada communities named Rye Patch. Those communities are located in the following counties: Humboldt and Nye County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rye Patch.

Communities near Rye Patch ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rye Patch.

  • Zola ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Zola is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zola
  • Torreytown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Torreytown is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torreytown
  • Unionville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Unionville is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Humboldt City ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Humboldt City is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt City
  • Humboldt House
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Humboldt House is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt House
  • Star City ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Star City is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
  • Colado ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Colado is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colado
  • Imlay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lander City ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Lander City is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander City
  • Lovelock
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rye Patch ...

Looking for more information about Rye Patch? 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 Rye Patch, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rye Patch.

Adding Rye Patch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rye Patch 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 Rye Patch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rye Patch post office opened in 1872. The Rye Patch post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rye Patch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Pershing, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rye Patch - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/