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Welcome to Saint Clair ...

Saint Clair is located in Churchill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Clair, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Clair: St. Clair

Saint Clair is 3,960 feet [1,207 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Saint Clair is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Saint Clair: 775

Communities Also Named Saint Clair ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Saint Clair - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Ohio (3), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (2), Virginia and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Clair.

Communities near Saint Clair ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Saint Clair.

  • Fallon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fallon is located in Churchill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,751 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallon <3>
  • Nevada City ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Nevada City is located in Churchill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
  • Ragtown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ragtown is located in Churchill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
  • Diatom
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Diatom is located in Churchill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diatom
  • Salt Wells
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Salt Wells is located in Churchill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Wells
  • Lahontan City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lahontan City is located in Churchill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahontan City
  • Hazen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazen is located in Churchill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
  • Stillwater
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Stillwater is located in Churchill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
  • Darwin ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Darwin is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
  • Silver Springs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Clair ...

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

Adding Saint Clair to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Saint Clair post office opened in 1877. The Saint Clair post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Clair.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Churchill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Clair - 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/