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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 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 Cottonwood is historic, it would have been located within present day Elko 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 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)
- Hunter is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Moleen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moleen is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bullion is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Carlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elko
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jiggs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jiggs is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Former names for Jiggs:
- Hylton
- Mound Valley
- Skelton
- Dry Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Coin ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coin is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Lamoille
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Huntington ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Ruby Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Halleck ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Halleck is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Halleck
- 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)
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Barth ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barth is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barth
- Primeaux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Primeaux is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primeaux
- Harney ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harney is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cottonwood, see our County-by-County Page for Cottonwood.
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.
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 Cottonwood - one of the links might be able to help.
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)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlin Cemetery
- 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83914 <3>
- Masonic Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elko.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83950 <3>
- Burns Memorial Garden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elko City Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elko City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elko.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83924 <3>
- Elko County Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Zunino Ranch Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fred E. Hogrelius Gravesite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Palisade Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lamoille Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ruby Valley Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneers Grave
(28 miles [45.1 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.
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)
- Moleen is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bullion is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Lee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lee is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Elko
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Palisade ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Lamoille
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Osino
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Osino is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osino
- Cluro ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cluro is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluro
- Huntington ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Ruby Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
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.
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 like to start 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 Cottonwood:
- Websites specific to Nevada
- Pages specific to Elko County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
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> | 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cottonwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |