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San Antonio

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NEVADA

A historical populated place in Nye County, Nevada, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
San Antonio
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Nevada
County
Nye County
USGS Map
San Antonio Ranch
Coordinates
38.4610431, -117.2937005
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GNIS Feature ID
856455

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

30mi SW of Belmont, 0.6 mi E of San Antonio Ranch

GNIS historical note

Established in 1860's, post office named San Antonia from 5-14, 1873 to 1-25, 1888, and San Antonio 4-8, 1896 to 7-14, 1906

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 856455. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Soils, Soils maps; various edition dates.
  • Map U.S. Geological Survey 2000-01-01 00:00:00 Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions Various editions U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps. New names or names changed and applied to USGS topographic maps revised or published since completion of Phase I data compilation (1976-1981).
  • Text Rand McNally and Co. 'Pocket Map and Shippers Guide of Nevada', New York, 1901, 20 pages, plus plate, 1 inch = 27 miles.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.