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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Cottonwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cottonwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood (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 Cottonwood. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Cottonwood is historic, it would have been located within present day Elko 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 Elko County: Cassia (ID), Owyhee (ID), Twin Falls (ID), Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine, Box Elder (UT) & Tooele (UT).
Below are the counties that are near Cottonwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cottonwood:
- Elko County (The home county of Cottonwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottonwood, with the one closest to Cottonwood listed first.
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Moleen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Bullion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Carlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- 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 <3>
- Elko
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Elko is located in Elko County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,531 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <3>
- Spring Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spring Creek is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Creek <3>
- Jiggs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Jiggs is located in Elko County
- Former names for Jiggs:
- Hylton
- Mound Valley
- Skelton
- Dry Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Coin ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Lamoille
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Lamoille is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamoille <3>
- Ruby Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Valley
- Ruby Valley is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby Valley <3>
- Fort Halleck ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Halleck
- Fort Halleck is located in Elko County
- Eureka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottonwood, with the one closest to Cottonwood listed first.
- Palisade ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Barth ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Primeaux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primeaux
- Primeaux is located in Eureka County
- Harney ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Harney is located in Eureka County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cottonwood, see our County-by-County Page for Cottonwood.
Newspapers Published in Cottonwood ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cottonwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood.
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 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 Cottonwood:
- 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 Elko County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Eureka County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eureka County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Elko County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Elko County
Cemeteries Near Cottonwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cottonwood.
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 Cottonwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cottonwood, with the one closest to Cottonwood listed first.
- Carlin Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- 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 <5>
- Masonic Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elko.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83950 <5>
- Burns Memorial Garden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burns Memorial Garden is a large cemetery that is located in Elko.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burns Memorial Garden
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2150467 <5>
- Elko City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elko City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elko.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elko City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83924 <5>
- Elko County Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elko County Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elko.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elko County Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344889 <5>
- Zunino Ranch Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Zunino Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zunino Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252496 <5>
- Fred E. Hogrelius Gravesite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fred E. Hogrelius Gravesite is located in Spring Creek.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fred E. Hogrelius Gravesite
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327295 <5>
- Palisade Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Palisade Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the northeast of Carlin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palisade Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155938 <5>
- Pine Valley Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222141 <5>
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lamoille Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lamoille Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2181163 <5>
- Ruby Valley Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ruby Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175638 <5>
- Pioneers Grave
(28 miles [45.1 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.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneers Grave
- Lamoille Cemetery
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 Cottonwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cottonwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cottonwood, with the one closest to Cottonwood listed first.
- Moleen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Bullion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Lee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Elko
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Elko is located in Elko County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,531 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <3>
- Palisade ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Lamoille
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Lamoille is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamoille <3>
- Osino
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Cluro ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Huntington ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Huntington is located in Elko County
- Ruby Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Valley
- Ruby Valley is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby Valley <3>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cottonwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cottonwood.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/
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 Cottonwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cottonwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cottonwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6333, Longitude: -115.8676 In this case, the coordinates for Cottonwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |