Welcome to Wilson ...So far, we found very little information about Wilson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Wilson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wilson, please Contact Us. Wilson would have been located within present day Nye County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. While the community is gone, the present day location for Wilson is 6,720 feet [2,048 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Wilson is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Wilson was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Wilson ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 85 communities that are also named Wilson - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (6), Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio (4), Oklahoma (3), Ontario (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), Quebec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas (5), Utah (3), Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia (4), Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wilson. Communities near Wilson ...We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Wilson.
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 Wilson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wilson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wilson. 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 Wilson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilson. See our Newspapers Page for Wilson. Adding Wilson to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wilson 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 Wilson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilson. Footnotes ...
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