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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Joseco. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Joseco to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Joseco, 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 Joseco (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 Joseco. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Joseco is historic, it would have been located within present day Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Mohave (AZ), Clark, Nye, White Pine, Beaver (UT), Iron (UT), Millard (UT) & Washington (UT).

Below are the counties that are near Joseco. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Joseco:

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Joseco)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joseco, with the one closest to Joseco listed first.
    • Barclay
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
      • Barclay is located in Lincoln County
    • Acoma ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoma
      • Acoma is located in Lincoln County
    • Islen ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islen
      • Islen is located in Lincoln County
    • Crestline ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
      • Crestline is located in Lincoln County
    • Caliente
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Yoacham ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yoacham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoacham
      • Yoacham is located in Lincoln County
    • Elgin ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Elgin is located in Lincoln County
    • Boyd ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyd have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Boyd is located in Lincoln County
    • Panaca
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bullionville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullionville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullionville
      • Bullionville is located in Lincoln County
    • Fay ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
      • Fay is located in Lincoln County
    • Deer Lodge ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
      • Deer Lodge is located in Lincoln County
    • Carp ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp
      • Carp is located in Lincoln County
      • Former name for Carp:
      • Cliffdale
  • Iron County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joseco, with the one closest to Joseco listed first.
    • Uvada ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uvada have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uvada
      • Uvada is located in Iron County (UT)
    • Modena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Desert Springs ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Desert Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Springs
      • Desert Springs is located in Iron County (UT)
  • Washington County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joseco, with the one closest to Joseco listed first.
    • Motoqua
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Motoqua have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motoqua
      • Motoqua is located in Washington County (UT)
    • Bull Valley ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
      • Bull Valley is located in Washington County (UT)
    • Hebron ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Washington County (UT)
    • Enterprise
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Gunlock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Joseco, see our County-by-County Page for Joseco.

Newspapers Published in Joseco ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Joseco.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Joseco, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Joseco.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Joseco:

Cemeteries Near Joseco ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Joseco.

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 Joseco covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Joseco, with the one closest to Joseco listed first.

  • Barclay Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Barclay Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Barclay Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<5> to the northwest of Caliente.
    • The Barclay Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Clover Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barclay Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2294870 <6>
  • Caliente City Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Conway Memorial Park Veterans Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Panaca Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Bullionville Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bullionville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bullionville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83910 <6>
  • Modena Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Enterprise City Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Winsor Memorial Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Gunlock Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fay Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fay Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fay Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2361866 <6>

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Joseco in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Joseco.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Joseco, with the one closest to Joseco listed first.

  • Panaca
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gunlock
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Joseco. See our List of 1890's Communities around Joseco.

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.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 Joseco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Joseco) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Joseco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5019, Longitude: -114.2293       In this case, the coordinates for Joseco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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