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 Glendale (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 Glendale. 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.
Glendale is located in 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 Glendale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glendale:
- Washoe County (The home county of Glendale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Sparks
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vista is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Hidden Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Valley is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley
- Reno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hafed
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hafed is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hafed
- Sun Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Panther Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Panther Valley is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Valley
- Raleigh Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raleigh Heights is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Heights
- Golden Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Valley is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley
- Lawton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Spanish Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Spanish Springs is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Springs
- Lemmon Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lemmon Valley is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemmon Valley
- Mogul
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mogul is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Carson City
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Lakeview Summit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Summit is located in Carson City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Summit
- Carson City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Empire
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Empire is located in Carson City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- New Empire
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Empire is located in Carson City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
- Douglas County
- Indian Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Carson Rapids City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carson Rapids City is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Rapids City
- Silver City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Johntown ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Johntown is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Sutro ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sutro is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutro
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mound House
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eureka ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Stagecoach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stagecoach is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
- Fernley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Silver Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Churchill is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Churchill
- Storey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Lockwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Lousetown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lousetown is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lousetown
- Virginia City Highlands
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Virginia City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Flowery City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flowery City is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowery City
- Thisby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Thisby is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thisby
- American City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- American City is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- American Flat ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- American Flat is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
- Nevada County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Mystic ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mystic is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Bronco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bronco is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Floriston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Polaris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Polaris is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polaris
- Prosser Lake Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prosser Lake Heights is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser Lake Heights
- Truckee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Placer County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Brockway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tahoe Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carnelian Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dollar Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dollar Point is located in Placer County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Point
- Lake Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Forest is located in Placer County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
- Plumas County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Chilcoot - Vinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chilcoot - Vinton is located in Plumas County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilcoot - Vinton
- Chilcoot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sierra County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Calvada ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Calvada is located in Sierra County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada
- Loyalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glendale, see our County-by-County Page for Glendale.
Cemeteries Near Glendale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glendale.
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 Glendale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glendale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Nevada State Hospital Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- Hebrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Masonic Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Huffaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Sierra Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whispering Pines Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Reno - Sparks Indian Colony / Hungry Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (39 more) ...
- Crystal Peak Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] 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 <2>
- Washoe City Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Glendale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glendale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
- Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vista is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Reno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Anderson ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huffakers is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffakers
- Hafed
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hafed is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hafed
- Lawton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Steamboat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Steamboat is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
- Marmol ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Marmol is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmol
- Verdi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Washoe City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Washoe City is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe City
- Virginia City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clarks ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clarks is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mystic ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mystic is located in Nevada County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Gold Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Floriston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glendale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glendale.
Newspapers Published in Glendale ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glendale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glendale, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glendale.
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 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 Glendale:
- 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Glendale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Glendale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |