Amos, Nevada

Amos was an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1]

History

A post office called Amos was in operation between 1889 and 1926.[2] According to the Federal Writers' Project, the first permanent settlement at Amos was made in 1910.[3]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amos (historical)
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amos Post Office (historical)
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 36.



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