Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Barth. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Barth to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Barth, 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 Barth (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 Barth. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Barth is historic, it would have been located within present day Eureka 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 Eureka County: Elko, Lander, Nye & White Pine.
Below are the counties that are near Barth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barth:
- Eureka County (The home county of Barth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barth, with the one closest to Barth listed first.
- Harney ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Harney is located in Eureka County
- Primeaux
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primeaux
- Primeaux is located in Eureka County
- Palisade ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Beowawe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beowawe
- Beowawe is located in Eureka County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beowawe <2>
- Shoshone ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Crescent Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Valley
- Crescent Valley is located in Eureka County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crescent Valley <2>
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Blackburn is located in Eureka County
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Mineral Hill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mineral Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
- Mineral Hill is located in Eureka County
- Elko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barth, with the one closest to Barth listed first.
- Carlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlin
- Carlin is located in Elko County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlin <2>
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Moleen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Hunter ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lander County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barth, with the one closest to Barth listed first.
- Kampos ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Lander ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Tenabo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenabo
- Tenabo is located in Lander County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barth, see our County-by-County Page for Barth.
Newspapers Published in Barth ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barth, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barth.
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 Barth:
- 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 Eureka County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Elko County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lander County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Elko County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Eureka County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Eureka County
Cemeteries Near Barth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barth.
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 Barth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barth, with the one closest to Barth listed first.
- Palisade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Palisade Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> to the northeast of Carlin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palisade Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155938 <6>
- Pioneers Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pioneers Grave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneers Grave
- Beowawe Indian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beowawe Indian Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the northwest of Beowawe.
- The Beowawe Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Indian Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beowawe Indian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2246892 <6>
- Maidens Grave Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maidens Grave Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the northwest of Beowawe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maidens Grave Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83947 <6>
- Pine Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222141 <6>
- Carlin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carlin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Carlin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carlin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83914 <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 Barth in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barth.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barth, with the one closest to Barth listed first.
- Cluro ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Palisade ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Beowawe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beowawe
- Beowawe is located in Eureka County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beowawe <2>
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Shoshone ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Moleen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Argenta ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Blackburn ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Blackburn is located in Eureka County
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barth.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Eureka County: www.co.eureka.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 Barth, 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> | 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5821, Longitude: -116.2696 In this case, the coordinates for Barth 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. |