Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ashton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ashton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ashton, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Ashton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Ashton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Ashton is historic, it would have been located within present day Nye County.
To see how the shape of Nevada's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nye County: Inyo (CA), Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral & White Pine.
Below are the counties that are near Ashton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ashton:
- Nye County (The home county of Ashton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Carrara ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrara
- Carrara is located in Nye County
- Beatty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Beatty is located in Nye County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beatty <2>
- Amargosa Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargosa Valley
- Amargosa Valley is located in Nye County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amargosa Valley <2>
- Rhyolite ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhyolite
- Rhyolite is located in Nye County
- Hot Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hot Springs is located in Nye County
- Amargosa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Wahmonie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Inyo County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Chloride City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chloride City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride City
- Chloride City is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Schwab ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Beatty Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatty Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Junction
- Beatty Junction is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Park Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Park Village is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Scranton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Scranton is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Harmony Borax Works ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Borax Works
- Harmony Borax Works is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Former name for Harmony Borax Works:
- Greenland
- Furnace Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Creek
- Furnace Creek is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Furnace Creek has also been known as:
- Furnace Creek Ranch
- Indian Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Indian Village is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Leadfield ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadfield
- Leadfield is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Ryan ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Ryan is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Stovepipe Wells
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovepipe Wells
- Stovepipe Wells is located in Inyo County (CA)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ashton, see our County-by-County Page for Ashton.
Newspapers Published in Ashton ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ashton, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ashton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ashton:
- Websites specific to Nevada
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Nevada State Library and Archives
- Pages specific to Nye County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Inyo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Inyo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Nye County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Nye County
Cemeteries Near Ashton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashton.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ashton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Desert Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Desert Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Beatty.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Desert Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83921 <5>
- Bullfrog - Rhyolite Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bullfrog - Rhyolite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161198 <5>
- Schwab Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Schwab Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Schwab Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the southwest of Furnace Creek (CA).
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schwab Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2336833 <5>
- Amargosa Desert Memorial Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amargosa Desert Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136714 <5>
- Jean Lemoigne Gravesite
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Jean Lemoigne Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jean Lemoigne Gravesite is located in the vicinity of Beatty Junction (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jean Lemoigne Gravesite
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8084 <5>
- Springdale Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Springdale Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springdale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2564306 <5>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ashton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ashton.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Nye County: www.co.nye.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ashton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ashton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7202, Longitude: -116.6726 In this case, the coordinates for Ashton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |