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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 Bonnie Springs (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 Bonnie Springs. 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.

Name Variations for Bonnie Springs ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Bonnie Springs: Bonnie Spgs. (or less commonly used: Bonnie Spngs. or Bonnie Sprngs.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Bonnie Springs is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Mohave (AZ), Inyo (CA), San Bernardino (CA), Lincoln & Nye.

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

  • Clark County     (The home county of Bonnie Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bonnie Springs, with the one closest to Bonnie Springs listed first.
    • Blue Diamond
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Summerlin South
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerlin South
      • Summerlin South is located in Clark County
    • Arden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
      • Arden is located in Clark County
    • Bard ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
      • Bard is located in Clark County
    • Enterprise
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Enterprise is located in Clark County
    • Spring Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Clark County
    • Boulder Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boulder Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
      • Boulder Junction is located in Clark County
    • Bracken ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bracken. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
      • Bracken is located in Clark County
    • Goodsprings
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sloan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
      • Sloan is located in Clark County
    • Paradise
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
      • Paradise is located in Clark County
    • Mount Charleston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Inyo County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bonnie Springs, with the one closest to Bonnie Springs listed first.
    • Calvada Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada Springs
      • Calvada Springs is located in Inyo County (CA)
    • Charleston View
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston View
      • Charleston View is located in Inyo County (CA)

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

Cemeteries Near Bonnie Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bonnie Springs.

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

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

  • Wilson Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Barbara G. Edwards 9-11 Memorial
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Goodsprings Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Bunkers Memory Gardens Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Palm Eastern Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palm Eastern Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Palm Eastern Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Las Vegas.
    • The Palm Eastern Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Palm Memorial Park
    • Palm Valley View Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #177895 <4>
  • Davis Memorial Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Las Vegas.
    • The King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery has also been known as:
    • King David Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981460 <4>
  • Bunkers Eden Vale Memorial Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunkers Eden Vale Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bunkers Eden Vale Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Las Vegas.
    • The Bunkers Eden Vale Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Bunkers Eden Vale Cemetery
    • Eden Vale Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969734 <4>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Las Vegas Paiute Tribe Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Palm Desert Downtown Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palm Desert Downtown Cemetery
      • The Palm Desert Downtown Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Desert Memorial Cemetery
      • Palm Desert Memorial
      • Palm Downtown Cemetery
      • Palm Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #234877 <4>
    • Palm Memorial Park Northwest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Palm Mortuary Memorial Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Grandview Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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.<6>

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

  • Manse
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manse
    • Manse is located in Nye County

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

Newspapers Published in Bonnie Springs ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bonnie Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bonnie Springs, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bonnie Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Bonnie Springs:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bonnie Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clark County: www.accessclarkcounty.com/

The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/

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>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.
<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>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bonnie Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bonnie Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0591, Longitude: -115.4533       In this case, the coordinates for Bonnie Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Bonnie Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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