Welcome to Tobar ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tobar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Tobar is 5,670 feet [1,728 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Tobar is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Tobar was located: 775

Communities near Tobar ...

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

Wells
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Wells is located in Elko County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <4>
Wood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Wood is located in Elko County
Spruce ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spruce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Spruce is located in Elko County
Hogan ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hogan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
- Hogan is located in Elko County
- Hogan has also been known as:
- Hogen
Holborn ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holborn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
- Holborn is located in Elko County
Oasis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Oasis is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oasis <4>
Deeth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deeth
- Deeth is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deeth <4>
Shafter ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shafter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
- Shafter is located in Elko County
Sprucemont
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sprucemont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucemont
- Sprucemont is located in Elko County
Metropolis ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metropolis
- Metropolis is located in Elko County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tobar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tobar.

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

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

Adding Tobar to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Tobar post office opened in 1911.

We also found Tobar in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tobar.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Nevada: https://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 Tobar, 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>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tobar - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	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.
<6>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/