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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Crystal Peak. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Crystal Peak to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Crystal Peak, 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 Crystal Peak (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 Crystal Peak. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Crystal Peak 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 Crystal Peak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crystal Peak:
- Washoe County (The home county of Crystal Peak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Verdi
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Verdi - Mogul
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Verdi - Mogul is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi - Mogul
- Mogul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mogul is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Lawton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lawton is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Copperfield is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Bronco ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bronco is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Bronco has also been known as:
- Bronca
- Raleigh Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh Heights is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Heights
- Reno
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Border Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Border Town is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Town
- Cold Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cold Springs is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Panther Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panther Valley is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Valley
- Golden Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Golden Valley is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley
- Carson City
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Lakeview Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Summit is located in Carson City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Summit
- Carson City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Empire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Carson City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- New Empire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Empire is located in Carson City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
- Douglas County
- Glenbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Silver City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Johntown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Johntown is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Mound House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carson Rapids City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carson Rapids City is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Rapids City
- Sutro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sutro is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutro
- Dayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Storey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Lockwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Lousetown ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lousetown is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lousetown
- Virginia City Highlands
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- American City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- American City is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- American Flat ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- American Flat is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
- Flowery City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flowery City is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowery City
- Clark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Thisby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thisby is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thisby
- Nevada County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Mystic ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mystic is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Bronco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bronco is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Floriston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Polaris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Polaris is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polaris
- Prosser Lake Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prosser Lake Heights is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser Lake Heights
- Truckee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Donner Lake Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Donner Woods is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Woods
- Norden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Soda Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kingvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kingvale is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingvale
- Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Placer County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Kings Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tahoe Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brockway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Andover ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Andover is located in Placer County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Carnelian Bay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Donner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Donner is located in Placer County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner
- Dollar Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dollar Point is located in Placer County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Point
- Lake Forest
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake Forest is located in Placer County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
- Soda Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Soda Springs is located in Placer County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Tahoe City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tahoe Pines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tahoe Pines is located in Placer County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Pines
- Plumas County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Chilcoot - Vinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chilcoot - Vinton is located in Plumas County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilcoot - Vinton
- Chilcoot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beckwourth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sierra County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Calvada ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calvada is located in Sierra County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada
- Loyalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sierraville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sattley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Calpine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crystal Peak, see our County-by-County Page for Crystal Peak.
Cemeteries Near Crystal Peak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crystal Peak.
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 Crystal Peak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crystal Peak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Crystal Peak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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>
- Mountain View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Masonic Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Sierra Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nevada State Hospital Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Huffaker Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffaker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Huffaker Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Reno.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2243472 <3>
- Whispering Pines Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- Truckee Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washoe City Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Crystal Peak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crystal Peak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crystal Peak, with the one closest to Crystal Peak listed first.
- Verdi
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marmol ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marmol is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmol
- Lawton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lawton is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Mystic ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mystic is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Bronco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bronco is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Floriston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boca is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca
- Reno
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Anderson ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Anderson has also been known as:
- Junction House
- Sparks Ranch
- Huffakers ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Huffakers is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffakers
- Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vista is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Truckee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Washoe City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Washoe City is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe City
- Steamboat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Steamboat is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
- Loyalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crystal Peak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crystal Peak.
Newspapers Published in Crystal Peak ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crystal Peak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crystal Peak, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crystal Peak.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Crystal Peak:
- Websites specific to Nevada
- Pages specific to Washoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carson City
- Douglas County
- Lyon County
- Storey County
- Nevada County
- Placer County
- Plumas County
- Sierra County
- 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 Crystal Peak, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crystal Peak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |