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Welcome to Tungsten ...

Tungsten is located in Pershing County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tungsten, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1944.

Tungsten is 4,690 feet [1,430 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Tungsten is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Tungsten lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Tungsten: 775

Communities Also Named Tungsten ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Tungsten - they are located in Colorado, Montana, North Carolina and Northwest Territories.

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

Communities near Tungsten ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tungsten ...

Looking for more information about Tungsten? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Tungsten, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tungsten.

Adding Tungsten to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tungsten post office opened in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tungsten.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Pershing, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tungsten - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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/