Welcome to Tacoma ...

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

We've added Tacoma to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Tacoma - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Tacoma, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Tacoma , we believe that it would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.

When the people of Tacoma referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Tacoman<3>

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

Tacoma would have been located in the (775) area code.

Communities Also Named Tacoma ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Tacoma - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Maine, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

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

Adding Tacoma to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Tacoma was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

We also found Tacoma mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tacoma.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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 Tacoma, 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>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Tacoma refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Tacoma may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.