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Introduction ...

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

We've added Bronco to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bronco, 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 Bronco (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 Bronco. 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 Bronco ...

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 occur.

Bronco has also been known as: Bronca.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bronco. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bronco.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Bronco is historic, it would have been located within present day Washoe County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washoe County: Lassen (CA), Modoc (CA), Nevada (CA), Placer (CA), Sierra (CA), Carson City, Churchill, Humboldt, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Harney (OR) & Lake (OR).

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

  • Washoe County     (The home county of Bronco)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bronco, with the one closest to Bronco listed first.
    • Galena ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Galena is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Mogul
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Mogul is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
    • Verdi - Mogul
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Verdi - Mogul is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi - Mogul
    • Verdi
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lawton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lawton is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
    • Sundown Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sundown Town is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown Town
    • Incline Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Tyrolian Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Tyrolian Village is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrolian Village
    • Ophir City ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ophir City is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir City
    • Washoe City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Washoe City is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe City
    • Pleasant Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Crystal Bay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Franktown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Franktown is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
  • Carson City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bronco, with the one closest to Bronco listed first.
    • Lakeview Summit
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeview Summit is located in Carson City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Summit
    • Carson City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Empire
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Empire is located in Carson City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • New Empire
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • New Empire is located in Carson City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bronco, with the one closest to Bronco listed first.
    • Glenbrook
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Indian Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
    • Lincoln Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Skyland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Skyland is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
    • Zephyr Cove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Genoa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Kingsbury Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Kingsbury Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Village
    • Johnson Lane
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Johnson Lane is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Lane
    • Kingsbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Kingsbury is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
    • Summit Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Summit Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
    • Tahoe Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Tahoe Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Village
    • Walleys Hot Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Walleys Hot Springs is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walleys Hot Springs
    • Edgewood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Edgewood is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
  • Lyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bronco, with the one closest to Bronco listed first.
    • Mound House
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver City is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Johntown ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Johntown is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
    • Sutro ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Sutro is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutro
    • Eureka ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Eureka is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Carson Rapids City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Carson Rapids City is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Rapids City
    • Dayton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Storey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bronco, with the one closest to Bronco listed first.
    • Virginia City Highlands
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Lousetown ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Lousetown is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lousetown
    • Virginia City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • American Flat ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • American Flat is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
    • Gold Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Gold Hill is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Lockwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lockwood is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
    • American City ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • American City is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
    • Flowery City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Flowery City is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowery City
    • Clark
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Clark is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • El Dorado County (CA)
    • Tahoma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Nevada County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bronco, with the one closest to Bronco listed first.
    • Bronco
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Bronco is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
    • Floriston
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mystic ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mystic is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
    • Polaris
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Polaris is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polaris
    • Truckee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Truckee is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,982 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Truckee <2>
    • Prosser Lake Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Prosser Lake Heights is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser Lake Heights
    • Donner Lake Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Donner Lake Village is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Lake Village
      • Donner Lake Village has also been known as:
      • Donner Lake
    • Donner Woods
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Donner Woods is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Woods
    • Norden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Soda Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Kingvale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Kingvale is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingvale
    • Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
    • Summit City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Summit City is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
  • Placer County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bronco, with the one closest to Bronco listed first.
    • Brockway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Kings Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Tahoe Vista
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Carnelian Bay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dollar Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dollar Point is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Point
    • Lake Forest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Forest is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
    • Andover ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Andover is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Tahoe City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Donner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Donner is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner
    • Soda Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Soda Springs is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
    • Tahoe Pines
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Tahoe Pines is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Pines
    • Homewood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Tahoma Meadows
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Tahoma Meadows is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoma Meadows
  • Plumas County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bronco, with the one closest to Bronco listed first.
    • Chilcoot - Vinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Chilcoot - Vinton is located in Plumas County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilcoot - Vinton
    • Chilcoot
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Vinton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Sierra County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bronco, with the one closest to Bronco listed first.
    • Calvada ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Calvada is located in Sierra County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada
    • Loyalton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sierraville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sattley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Calpine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Bronco ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bronco.

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 Bronco - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bronco covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Whispering Pines Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Crystal Peak Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 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.
    • The Crystal Peak Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Verdi Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166367 <3>
  • Franktown Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 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]<4> to the southwest of Washoe City.
    • The Franktown Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Franktown Cemetery
    • Heidekreichs Franktown Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83932 <3>
  • Bowers Mansion Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Washoe City Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Truckee Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Huffaker Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Masonic Memorial Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hebrew Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Knights of Pythias Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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.
      • The Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2147642 <3>
    • Nevada State Hospital Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.

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

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

  • Bronco
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bronco is located in Nevada County (CA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
  • Floriston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mystic ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mystic is located in Nevada County (CA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
  • Marmol ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Marmol is located in Washoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmol
  • Boca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Boca is located in Nevada County (CA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca
  • Lawton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawton is located in Washoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
  • Verdi
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Incline Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Washoe City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Washoe City is located in Washoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe City
  • Anderson ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Anderson is located in Washoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Anderson has also been known as:
    • Junction House
    • Sparks Ranch
  • Truckee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Truckee is located in Nevada County (CA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,982 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Truckee <2>
  • Franktown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Franktown is located in Washoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Huffakers ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Huffakers is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffakers
    • Steamboat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Steamboat is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
    • Reno
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Reno is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259,290 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reno <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Bronco ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bronco.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bronco, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bronco.

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 helpful 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 Bronco:

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 Bronco, 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 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.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bronco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.