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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)
    • Placerites is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerites
  • Seven Troughs ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Seven Troughs is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Troughs
  • Tunnel Camp ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Tunnel Camp is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Camp

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 (so far) for Sulphur was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Sulphur post office opened in 1899. The Sulphur post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sulphur.

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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/