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Welcome to Seven Troughs ...

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

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


Seven Troughs would have been located within present day Pershing County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seven Troughs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Seven Troughs is 7,160 feet [2,182 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Seven Troughs is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Seven Troughs was located: 775

Communities near Seven Troughs ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Seven Troughs.

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

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

Adding Seven Troughs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Seven Troughs 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 Seven Troughs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Seven Troughs post office opened in 1907. The Seven Troughs post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seven Troughs.

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 Seven Troughs, 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 Pershing, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Seven Troughs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/