RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Wyoming >> Niobrara County >> NodeIndex...

Welcome to Node ...

Node is located in Niobrara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Node, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Node is 4,930 feet [1,503 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Node is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Node lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Node (for example, toward Henry (NE)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Node: 307

Communities Also Named Node ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Node - it's located in Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Node.

Communities near Node ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Node.

  • Lusk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lusk is located in Niobrara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,474 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lusk <3>
  • Manville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Van Tassell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Kirtley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kirtley is located in Niobrara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtley
  • Jay Em
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jay Em is located in Goshen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Em
  • Harrison
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Keeline
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Keeline is located in Niobrara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeline
  • Lance Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • West Lance Creek ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • West Lance Creek is located in Niobrara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lance Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Node ...

Looking for more information about Node? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Node, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Node.

Adding Node to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Node 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 (so far) for Node was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Node post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Node.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Niobrara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Node - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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