Welcome to Voight ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Voight, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Voight is 5,690 feet [1,734 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Voight is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Voight was located: 775

Communities near Voight ...

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

• Elko
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Elko is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <4>
• Spring Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Spring Creek is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Creek <4>
• Fair Play ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fair Play is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
• Fort Halleck ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Fort Halleck is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Halleck
• Halleck ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Halleck is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
• Coin ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Coin is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
• Deeth
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Deeth is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deeth
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deeth <4>
• Wood ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wood is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
• Dry Creek ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dry Creek is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
• Hunter ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Hunter is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter

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

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

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

Adding Voight to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Voight in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Voight was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Voight post office opened in 1892. The Voight post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Voight.