Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

We've added Lookout City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lookout City, please Contact Us.

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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 Lookout City (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 Lookout City. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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 Lookout City is historic, it would have been located within present day Inyo County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Inyo County: Fresno, Kern, Mono, San Bernardino, Tulare, Clark (NV), Esmeralda (NV) & Nye (NV).

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

• Inyo County     (The home county of Lookout City)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Lookout City, with the one closest to Lookout City listed first.
  • Panamint Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panamint Springs
    • Panamint Springs is located in Inyo County
  • Lane Mill ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Mill
    • Lane Mill is located in Inyo County
  • Darwin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
    • Darwin is located in Inyo County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darwin <3>
  • Junction Ranch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ranch
    • Junction Ranch is located in Inyo County
  • Millspaugh ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millspaugh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millspaugh
    • Millspaugh is located in Inyo County
  • Reilly ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reilly
    • Reilly is located in Inyo County
  • Ballarat ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballarat
    • Ballarat is located in Inyo County
  • Indian Ranch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ranch
    • Indian Ranch is located in Inyo County
  • Death Valley Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Death Valley Charcoal Kilns
    • Death Valley Charcoal Kilns is located in Inyo County
  • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Harrisburg is located in Inyo County
  • Skidoo ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidoo
    • Skidoo is located in Inyo County
  • Panamint City ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panamint City
    • Panamint City is located in Inyo County

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

Newspapers Published in Lookout City ...

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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lookout City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lookout City, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lookout City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Lookout City:

• Websites specific to California
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the California State Archives

• Pages specific to Inyo County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for California
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of California
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of Inyo County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of California
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of Inyo County

Cemeteries Near Lookout City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lookout City.

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

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

• Darwin Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Darwin Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Darwin.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darwin Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2304271 <5>
• Ballarat Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ballarat Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Ballarat.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ballarat Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161535 <5>
• Skidoo Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Skidoo Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Skidoo Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the north of Stovepipe Wells.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skidoo Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254610 <5>
• McKellips Gravesite
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the McKellips Gravesite is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the northwest of Keeler.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKellips Gravesite
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978458 <5>
• Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Keeler.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217260 <5>
• Keeler Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Keeler Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Keeler Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Keeler.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keeler Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2296914 <5>

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 Lookout City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lookout City.

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

• Darwin
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
  • Darwin is located in Inyo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darwin <3>
• Panamint City ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panamint City
  • Panamint City is located in Inyo County
• Cerro Gordo ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
  • Cerro Gordo is located in Inyo County
  • Cerro Gordo has also been known as:
  • Fat Hill
• Keeler
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler
  • Keeler is located in Inyo County
  • Former name for Keeler:
  • Cerro Gordo Landing
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keeler <3>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/