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2014-07-18 11 47 45 View south towards Hiko, Nevada from Nevada State Route 318 about 6.9 miles north of U.S. Route 93Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Hiko

Hiko’s post office opened in 1867

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1970 on.

1867first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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Quick answers

How Hiko began

When was Hiko founded?

1867

The Hiko post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Pah Ranagat (1867), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 124159 years
Founding year: the first Hiko post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hiko’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hiko’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewMILL OF HYKO SILVER MINING COMPANY, HYK…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Hiko, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hiko yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Hiko is a small, agrarian community in the Tonopah Basin on State Route 318 in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. It is a census-designated place. As of the 2020 census, Hiko had a population of 124.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 119 to 124 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Hiko, 1867 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Hiko post office opens
  3. 1867Post officeThe Pah Ranagat post office opens
  4. 1867Post officeThe Pah Ranagat post office closes
  5. 1871In the archiveMILL OF HYKO SILVER MINING COMPANY, HYKO, NEVADA
  6. 20th century
  7. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hiko, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s2 items
MILL OF HYKO SILVER MINING COMPANY, HYKO, NEVADA1871MILL OF HYKO SILVER MINING COMPANY, HYKO, NEVADAMap of Route taken by Companies G and I of the 14th Infantry from Fort Cameron, Utah to1875Map of Route taken by Companies G and I of the 14th I…Map
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2014-07-18 11 50 41 View south along Nevada State Route 318 about 4.9 miles north of U.S. Route 93 in20142014-07-18 11 50 41 View south along Nevada State Rou…2014-07-18 11 47 45 View south towards Hiko, Nevada from Nevada State Route 318 about 6.9 miles north of U.S. Route 9320142014-07-18 11 47 45 View south towards Hiko, Nevada f…2014-07-18 11 47 32 View south along Nevada State Route 318 about 6.9 miles north of U.S. Route 93 near20142014-07-18 11 47 32 View south along Nevada State Rou…2014-07-18 11 44 44 View south along Nevada State Route 318 about 9.4 miles north of U.S. Route 93 near20142014-07-18 11 44 44 View south along Nevada State Rou…2014-07-18 11 39 28 View south along Nevada State Route 318 about 11.9 miles north of U.S. Route 93 near20142014-07-18 11 39 28 View south along Nevada State Rou…2014-07-17 16 35 21 View north along Nevada State Route 318 about 10.2 miles north of U.S. Route 93 near20142014-07-17 16 35 21 View north along Nevada State Rou…2014-07-17 16 31 29 View north along Nevada State Route 318 about 6.0 miles north of U.S. Route 93 in20142014-07-17 16 31 29 View north along Nevada State Rou…2014-07-17 16 29 24 View north along Nevada State Route 318 about 4.7 miles north of U.S. Route 93 in20142014-07-17 16 29 24 View north along Nevada State Rou…Water tank and trough2012Water tank and troughCanyon - panoramio (12)2012Canyon - panoramio (12)
On the map

Hiko on the map, 1970 to 1988

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hiko. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hiko on the 1970 USGS mapHiko on the 1988 USGS map1970Hiko sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hiko.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

MILL OF HYKO SILVER MINING COMPANY, HYKO, NEVADA
Retake this viewMILL OF HYKO SILVER MINING COMPANY, HYKO, NEVADA, 1871

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Hiko’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Hiko’s post office has been open since 1867. Another post office, Pah Ranagat, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hiko
1867–today
Pah Ranagat
1867–1867
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Crystal Springs
Gone or out of use
Silver Citylocale

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Hiko’s history

What year was Hiko founded?

The Hiko post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (12), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.