Welcome to Sulphur ...
Sulphur is located in Humboldt County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sulphur, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.
Sulphur is 4,040 feet [1,231 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Sulphur is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Sulphur lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Sulphur: 775
Communities Also Named Sulphur ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Sulphur - they are located in Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sulphur.
Communities near Sulphur ...
We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Sulphur.
- Placerites ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Placerites. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerites
- Placerites is located in Pershing County
- Seven Troughs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Seven Troughs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Troughs
- Seven Troughs is located in Pershing County
- Tunnel Camp ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Camp
- Tunnel Camp is located in Pershing County
Adding Sulphur to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sulphur 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 Sulphur was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
X2X - From that list, the Sulphur post office opened in 1899.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sulphur.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sulphur. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Humboldt County: www.humboldt-county-nv.net/
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Humboldt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sulphur - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |