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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 elevation 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 Winnemucca is located in the (775) area code. 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 44.75% 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 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 (with 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.<8> 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. Off-the-Road Links ...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: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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