Our Genealogy Helper

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 Fallon (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 Fallon. 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 doctors 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.

Fallon is located in Churchill County and is the County Seat.

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 Churchill County: Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing & Washoe.

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

• Churchill County     (The home county of Fallon)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Fallon, with the one closest to Fallon listed first.
  • Island City ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
    • Island City is located in Churchill County
  • Nevada City ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nevada City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
    • Nevada City is located in Churchill County
  • Ragtown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ragtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
    • Ragtown is located in Churchill County
  • Stillwater
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
    • Stillwater is located in Churchill County
  • Salt Wells
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Wells
    • Salt Wells is located in Churchill County
  • Diatom
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diatom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diatom
    • Diatom is located in Churchill County
  • Hazen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
    • Hazen is located in Churchill County
  • Lahontan City ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahontan City
    • Lahontan City is located in Churchill County
  • Sand Springs ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
    • Sand Springs is located in Churchill County
  • Huxley ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
    • Huxley is located in Churchill County
• Lyon County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Fallon, with the one closest to Fallon listed first.
  • Darwin ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
    • Darwin is located in Lyon County
  • Silver Springs
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
    • Silver Springs is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Springs <2>
  • Fernley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernley
    • Fernley is located in Lyon County
    • Estimated population in 2015: 19,418 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fernley <2>
  • Davis Station ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Station
    • Davis Station is located in Lyon County
  • Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Churchill
    • Fort Churchill is located in Lyon County
• Washoe County
  • Wadsworth
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
    • Wadsworth is located in Washoe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadsworth <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Fallon ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fallon.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

• A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fallon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fallon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fallon.
• An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Fallon.

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 Fallon:

• 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 Churchill County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Lyon County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Washoe County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cemeteries of Churchill County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Nevada

Cemeteries Near Fallon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fallon.

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

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

• Churchill County Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Churchill County Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Fallon.
  • The Churchill County Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Fallon Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Churchill County Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83919 <4>
• Gardens Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gardens Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Fallon.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gardens Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2200424 <4>
• Allen Road Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Allen Road Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Fallon.
  • The Allen Road Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Eason Cemetery
  • Ferguson Cemetery
  • St. Clair Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Road Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2340981 <4>
• Rosewood Drive Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • The Rosewood Drive Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Johnson Family Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosewood Drive Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2341001 <4>
• St. Clair Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Clair Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83966 <4>
• Stillwater Indian Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stillwater Indian Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2270217 <4>
• Wightman Ranch
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wightman Ranch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wightman Ranch
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2340999 <4>
• Fernley Desert Memorial Garden
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fernley Desert Memorial Garden
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149644 <4>
• Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #974156 <4>
• Veterans Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Veterans Cemetery
• Desert Memorial Gardens
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Desert Memorial Gardens is located outside and to the west of Silver Springs.
  • The Desert Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
  • Silver Springs Cemeentery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Desert Memorial Gardens
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83922 <4>
• Ft. Churchill Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • The Ft. Churchill Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Churchill Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Churchill Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83918 <4>
• Wadsworth Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wadsworth Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166400 <4>
• Fraternal Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fraternal Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Wadsworth.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fraternal Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166399 <4>

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 Fallon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fallon.

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

• Saint Clair
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Clair have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
  • Saint Clair is located in Churchill County
• Hill ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
  • Hill is located in Churchill County
• Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Churchill
  • Fort Churchill is located in Lyon County
• Wadsworth
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
  • Wadsworth is located in Washoe County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadsworth <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Fallon: www.cityoffallon.org/

The official website for Churchill County: www.churchillcounty.org/

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