Welcome to Shafter ...
So far, we found very little information about Shafter. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Shafter to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shafter, please Contact Us.
Shafter would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.
Shafter was founded in 1906.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Shafter is 5,590 feet [1,704 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Shafter is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Shafter was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Shafter was located: 775
Communities Also Named Shafter ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Shafter - they are located in California (2), Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shafter.
Communities near Shafter ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shafter.
- Hogan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hogan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
- Hogan is located in Elko County
- Hogan has also been known as:
- Hogen
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hogan
- From Shafter to Hogan
- Spruce ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spruce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Elko County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Spruce
- From Shafter to Spruce
- Oasis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Oasis is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oasis <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Oasis
- From Shafter to Oasis
- Cobre ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cobre. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
- Cobre is located in Elko County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cobre
- From Shafter to Cobre
- Toano ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toano. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toano
- Toano is located in Elko County
- Toano has also been known as:
- Toana
- Tuana
- Tuanna
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Toano
- From Shafter to Toano
- Loray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loray. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loray
- Loray is located in Elko County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Loray
- From Shafter to Loray
- West Wendover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wendover
- West Wendover is located in Elko County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,268 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Wendover <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to West Wendover
- From Shafter to West Wendover
- Wendover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendover
- Wendover is located in Tooele County (UT)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,483 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wendover <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wendover
- From Shafter to Wendover
- Blair
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Blair is located in Tooele County (UT)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Blair
- From Shafter to Blair
- Holborn ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holborn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
- Holborn is located in Elko County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Holborn
- From Shafter to Holborn
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 Shafter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shafter.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shafter. 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 Shafter.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shafter. See our Newspapers Page for Shafter.
Adding Shafter to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Shafter 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 for Shafter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Shafter post office opened in 1908.
We also found Shafter mentioned on a train schedule titled Nevada Northern Railway Employees' Time Table #67 (January 1937).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Shafter.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
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 Shafter, 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> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shafter - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |