Welcome to Sheepshead ...Sheepshead is located in Washoe County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sheepshead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. Sheepshead is 3,900 feet [1,189 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sheepshead is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Sheepshead lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Sheepshead: 775 Communities Also Named Sheepshead ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sheepshead - it's located in California. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sheepshead. Communities near Sheepshead ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sheepshead.
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 Sheepshead. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sheepshead. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sheepshead. 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 Sheepshead. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sheepshead. See our Newspapers Page for Sheepshead. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sheepshead ...Looking for more information about Sheepshead? 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 Sheepshead, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sheepshead. Adding Sheepshead to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sheepshead 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 Sheepshead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sheepshead. Footnotes ...
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