Do you know of Nada ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Nada. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Nada.<1>

We found mention of Nada as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Beaver County, Utah.

Communities Also Named Nada ...

We found three communities that share the name Nada.

Within Utah, the name Nada is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Pueblo County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Nada [Pueblo County].
- Kentucky
  - Powell County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Nada [Powell County].
- Texas
  - Colorado County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Nada [Colorado County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Nada ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Nada:

Utah Place Names
Written by: Van Cott, John W.
Published by the University of Utah Press, 1990
(Available from Amazon.com)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad

Map from 1900 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

The FIPS database contains an entry for Nada.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 49/53450 (Place Name: Nada)

County: Beaver (FIPS State/County: 49/001)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Nada) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Beaver County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Beaver County.

Grundyville	Wahwa Springs

Three Creeks

Footnotes ...

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This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Nada could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.