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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Gold Acres. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gold Acres to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gold Acres, 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 Gold Acres (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 Gold Acres. 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 and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Gold Acres is historic, it would have been located within present day Lander 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 Lander County: Churchill, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Nye & Pershing.

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

  • Lander County     (The home county of Gold Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gold Acres, with the one closest to Gold Acres listed first.
    • Tenabo ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenabo
      • Tenabo is located in Lander County
    • Lander ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lander have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander
      • Lander is located in Lander County
    • Cortez ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
      • Cortez is located in Lander County
    • Argenta ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Argenta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
      • Argenta is located in Lander County
    • Battle Mountain
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Jenkins ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jenkins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
      • Jenkins is located in Lander County
    • Kampos ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kampos. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampos
      • Kampos is located in Lander County
  • Eureka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gold Acres, with the one closest to Gold Acres listed first.
    • Crescent Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Beowawe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackburn ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
      • Blackburn is located in Eureka County
    • Mineral ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
      • Mineral is located in Eureka County
    • Harney ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
      • Harney is located in Eureka County

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

Cemeteries Near Gold Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gold Acres.

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

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

  • Cortez Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Beowawe Indian Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beowawe Indian Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beowawe Indian Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<6> to the northwest of Beowawe.
    • The Beowawe Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2246892 <5>
  • Maidens Grave Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Battle Mtn. City Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Battle Mtn. City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Battle Mtn. City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Battle Mountain.
    • The Battle Mtn. City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Battle Mtn. Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1542580 <5>
  • Pioneers Grave
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneers Grave
    • 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.<3>

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

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

  • Pittsburgh ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
    • Pittsburgh is located in Lander County
    • Pittsburgh has also been known as:
    • Pittsburg
  • Bailey ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
    • Bailey is located in Lander County
  • Beowawe
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Battle Mountain
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Argenta ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Argenta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
    • Argenta is located in Lander County
  • Mineral ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
    • Mineral is located in Eureka County
  • Blackburn ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
    • Blackburn is located in Eureka County
  • Galena ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Galena is located in Lander County

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

Newspapers Published in Gold Acres ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gold Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gold Acres, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gold Acres.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Gold Acres:

The official website for State of Nevada: https://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 Gold Acres, 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gold Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gold Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2621, Longitude: -116.7326       In this case, the coordinates for Gold Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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