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Welcome to Winnemucca ...

The city of Winnemucca is located in Humboldt County<1> and is the County Seat for Humboldt County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winnemucca, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1866.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Winnemucca has a population of 7,763 people<2> (see below for details).

Winnemucca is 4,390 feet [1,338 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Winnemucca is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Winnemucca: 775

The ZIP code for Winnemucca: 89445<4>

Going back to its beginning, The community of Winnemucca was originally named French Ford. For more information about the names of Winnemucca, see The Names of Winnemucca on our Genealogy Page.

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Winnemucca had an population of 7,763 people. This is an increase of 4.96% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 8.21% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Winnemucca had a population of 7,396 people (or 44.6% of the total population of Humboldt County). This makes Winnemucca the county's most populous community.

The population of Winnemucca represents 0.27% of the total population of Nevada (which has 2,700,551 people), making it the state's 12th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 7,396 people, the population of Winnemucca increased 3.09% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 7,174 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Winnemucca.

Communities near Winnemucca ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Winnemucca. Our list includes 21 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Winnemucca.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winnemucca ...

Looking for more information about Winnemucca? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Winnemucca, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Winnemucca.

Adding Winnemucca to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Winnemucca 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 Winnemucca was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Winnemucca post office opened in 1866.

We also found Winnemucca in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winnemucca.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winnemucca. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Humboldt County: www.humboldt-county-nv.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Humboldt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Winnemucca.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winnemucca - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Winnemucca). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Winnemucca or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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