Welcome to Wood ...So far, we found very little information about Wood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Wood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wood, please Contact Us. Wood would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. Wood was founded in 1900. While the community is gone, the present day location for Wood is 5,820 feet [1,774 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Wood is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Wood was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Wood was located: 775 Communities Also Named Wood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Wood - they are located in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wood. Communities near Wood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wood.
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 Wood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wood. 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 Wood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wood. See our Newspapers Page for Wood. Adding Wood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wood 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 Wood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wood. Footnotes ...
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