Welcome to Skookum ...

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

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

Skookum would have been located within present day Lander County<2>.

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

Skookum was founded in 1906.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Skookum is 5,910 feet [1,801 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Skookum is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

If Skookum still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code.

Communities Also Named Skookum ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Skookum - it's located in Michigan.

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

Communities near Skookum ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Skookum.

• Clifton ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Lander County
• Austin
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Austin is located in Lander County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austin <5>
• Canon City ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canon City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
  • Canon City is located in Lander County
• Yankee Blade ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Blade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Blade
  • Yankee Blade is located in Lander County
• Lander City ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lander City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander City
  • Lander City is located in Lander County
• Canyon City ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
  • Canyon City is located in Lander County
• Victorine ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victorine
  • Victorine is located in Nye County
• Kingston
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Kingston is located in Lander 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 Skookum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Skookum.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/