Welcome to Tecoma ...

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

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

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

Tecoma was founded in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Tecoma is 4,800 feet [1,463 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Tecoma is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Tecoma, you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Code where Tecoma was located: 775

Communities near Tecoma ...

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

• Montello
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
  • Montello is located in Elko County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montello <4>
• Lucin ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucin
  • Lucin is located in Box Elder County (UT)
  • Lucin has also been known as:
  • Umbria Junction
• Grouse Creek Junction
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grouse Creek Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grouse Creek Junction
  • Grouse Creek Junction is located in Box Elder County (UT)
• Pigeon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pigeon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
  • Pigeon is located in Box Elder County (UT)
• Loray
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loray. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loray
  • Loray is located in Elko County
• Cobre ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cobre. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
  • Cobre is located in Elko County
• Bovine
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bovine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovine
  • Bovine is located in Box Elder County (UT)
• Toano ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toano. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toano
  • Toano is located in Elko County
  • Toano has also been known as:
  • Toana
  • Tuana
  • Tuanna
• Jackson ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jackson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in Box Elder County (UT)
• Etna
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Etna. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
  • Etna is located in Box Elder County (UT)

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

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

Adding Tecoma to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Tecoma post office opened in 1871.

We also found Tecoma on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map of Nevada (1883).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tecoma.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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