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Welcome to Silver Zone ...

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

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


Silver Zone would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.


The location of Silver Zone has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


Silver Zone was founded in 1872.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Silver Zone is 5,830 feet [1,777 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Silver Zone is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The location where Silver Zone once stood is in the (775) area code.

Communities near Silver Zone ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Silver Zone.

  • West Wendover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Shafter ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shafter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
    • Shafter is located in Elko County
  • Oasis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cobre ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobre have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
    • Cobre is located in Elko County
  • Toano ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toano have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toano
    • Toano is located in Elko County
    • Toano has also been known as:
    • Toana
    • Tuana
    • Tuanna
  • Hogan ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hogan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
    • Hogan is located in Elko County
    • Hogan has also been known as:
    • Hogen
  • Spruce ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
    • Spruce is located in Elko County
  • Wendover
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Blair
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Blair is located in Tooele County (UT)
  • Holborn ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holborn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
    • Holborn is located in Elko County

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

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

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

Adding Silver Zone to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silver Zone 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 Silver Zone was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Silver Zone post office opened in 1872.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silver Zone.

The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/

The official website for State of Nevada: 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 Silver Zone, 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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver Zone - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/









 

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