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Introduction ...

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

We've added Highland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Highland, 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 Highland (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 Highland. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Highland is historic, it would have been located within present day Elko 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 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 Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland:

  • Elko County     (The home county of Highland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
    • Bullion ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
      • Bullion is located in Elko County
    • Carlin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Moleen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moleen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
      • Moleen is located in Elko County
    • Hunter ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
      • Hunter is located in Elko County
    • Jiggs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
      • Jiggs is located in Elko County
      • Former names for Jiggs:
      • Hylton
      • Mound Valley
      • Skelton
    • Dry Creek ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dry Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
      • Dry Creek is located in Elko County
    • Elko
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Elko is located in Elko County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,531 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <3>
    • Spring Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Coin ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
      • Coin is located in Elko County
    • Ruby Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Lamoille
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Eureka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
    • Palisade ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
      • Palisade is located in Eureka County
    • Barth ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barth
      • Barth is located in Eureka County
    • Harney ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
      • Harney is located in Eureka County
    • Primeaux
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primeaux
      • Primeaux is located in Eureka County
    • Blackburn ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
      • Blackburn is located in Eureka County
    • Mineral Hill ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mineral Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
      • Mineral Hill is located in Eureka County
    • Mineral ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Beowawe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Highland ...

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 Highland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Highland:

Cemeteries Near Highland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland.

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

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

  • Pine Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Palisade Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Carlin Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Carlin Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83914 <6>
  • Zunino Ranch Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Zunino Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zunino Ranch Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252496 <6>
  • Pioneers Grave
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • 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.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneers Grave
  • Maidens Grave Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Beowawe Indian Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beowawe Indian Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the northwest of Beowawe.
    • The Beowawe Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beowawe Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2246892 <6>
  • Mineral Hill Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Burns Memorial Garden
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Elko City Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Elko County Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Fred E. Hogrelius Gravesite
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Bullion ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
    • Bullion is located in Elko County
  • Palisade ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
    • Palisade is located in Eureka County
  • Moleen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moleen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
    • Moleen is located in Elko County
  • Cluro ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cluro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluro
    • Cluro is located in Eureka County
  • Lee ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
    • Lee is located in Elko County
  • Blackburn ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
    • Blackburn is located in Eureka County
  • Huntington ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Huntington is located in Elko County
  • Mineral ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
  • Elko
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
    • Elko is located in Elko County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,531 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <3>
  • Beowawe
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

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

The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/

The official website for State of Nevada: 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 Highland, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Highland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5141, Longitude: -115.9973       In this case, the coordinates for Highland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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