Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
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 Hirschdale (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 Hirschdale. 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 doctors and 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.
Hirschdale is located in Nevada County.
To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nevada County: Placer, Sierra, Yuba & Washoe (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Hirschdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hirschdale:
- Nevada County (The home county of Hirschdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Bronco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bronco is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Floriston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polaris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Polaris is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polaris
- Mystic ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Prosser Lake Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prosser Lake Heights is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser Lake Heights
- Truckee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Donner Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Donner Lake Village is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Lake Village
- Donner Lake Village has also been known as:
- Donner Lake
- Donner Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Donner Woods is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Woods
- Norden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Soda Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kingvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kingvale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingvale
- Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Tahoma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Al Tahoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Al Tahoe is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Tahoe
- South Lake Tahoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tallac Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tallac Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallac Village
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Carnelian Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kings Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tahoe Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brockway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Andover ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Andover is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Dollar Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dollar Point is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Point
- Lake Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Forest is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
- Donner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Donner is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner
- Tahoe City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Soda Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Soda Springs is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Tahoe Pines
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tahoe Pines is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Pines
- Homewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Plumas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Chilcoot - Vinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chilcoot - Vinton is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilcoot - Vinton
- Chilcoot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sierra County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Calvada ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calvada is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada
- Sierraville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Loyalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sattley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calpine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carson City (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Lakeview Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Summit is located in Carson City (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Summit
- Carson City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Empire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Empire is located in Carson City (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
- Empire
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Carson City (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Douglas County (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Glenbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Skyland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Skyland is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
- Indian Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Zephyr Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kingsbury Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kingsbury Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Village
- Kingsbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kingsbury is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Tahoe Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tahoe Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Village
- Genoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Edgewood is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Stateline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson Lane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Lane is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Lane
- Lyon County (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Silver City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Lyon County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Mound House
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Johntown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Johntown is located in Lyon County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Eureka ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Lyon County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sutro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sutro is located in Lyon County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutro
- Carson Rapids City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carson Rapids City is located in Lyon County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Rapids City
- Storey County (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Gold Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Storey County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- American City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- American City is located in Storey County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- American Flat ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- American Flat is located in Storey County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
- Lousetown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lousetown is located in Storey County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lousetown
- Virginia City Highlands
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Virginia City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lockwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lockwood is located in Storey County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Flowery City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Flowery City is located in Storey County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowery City
- Washoe County (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Bronco ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bronco is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Bronco has also been known as:
- Bronca
- Crystal Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Incline Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Verdi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tyrolian Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrolian Village is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrolian Village
- Verdi - Mogul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Verdi - Mogul is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi - Mogul
- Galena ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Galena is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Sundown Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sundown Town is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown Town
- Lawton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Mogul
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mogul is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Ophir City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ophir City is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir City
- Franktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Franktown is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hirschdale, see our County-by-County Page for Hirschdale.
Cemeteries Near Hirschdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hirschdale.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Hirschdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hirschdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Truckee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Peak Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Peak Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crystal Peak Cemetery is located in Verdi (NV).
- The Crystal Peak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Verdi Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166367 <2>
- Franktown Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Franktown Creek Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Washoe City (NV).
- The Franktown Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Franktown Cemetery
- Heidekreichs Franktown Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83932 <2>
- Bowers Mansion Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Washoe City Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Huffaker Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Masonic Memorial Gardens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (38 more) ...
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Reno (NV).
- The Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2147642 <2>
- Nevada State Hospital Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Hirschdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hirschdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hirschdale, with the one closest to Hirschdale listed first.
- Boca
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Boca is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca
- Bronco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bronco is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Floriston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Truckee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marmol ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marmol is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmol
- Incline Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Verdi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Franktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Franktown is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
- Washoe City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Washoe City is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe City
- Tahoe City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Anderson ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Anderson has also been known as:
- Junction House
- Sparks Ranch
- Steamboat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Steamboat is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
- Huffakers ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Huffakers is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffakers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hirschdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hirschdale.
Newspapers Published in Hirschdale ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hirschdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hirschdale, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hirschdale.
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 either 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 Hirschdale:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Nevada County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- El Dorado County
- Placer County
- Plumas County
- Sierra County
- Carson City
- Douglas County
- Lyon County
- Storey County
- Washoe County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hirschdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Hirschdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |