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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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
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 may 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)
- Bullion is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Carlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moleen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Moleen is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hunter is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Jiggs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jiggs is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Former names for Jiggs:
- Hylton
- Mound Valley
- Skelton
- Dry Creek ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dry Creek is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Huntington ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Elko
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coin ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coin is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- 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)
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Barth ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Barth is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barth
- Harney ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harney is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Primeaux
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Primeaux is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primeaux
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackburn is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Mineral Hill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral Hill is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Beowawe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunphy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunphy is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunphy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland, see our County-by-County Page for 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.
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 Highland - one of the links might be able to help.
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)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlin Cemetery
- 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83914 <3>
- Zunino Ranch Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pioneers Grave
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Maidens Grave Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beowawe Indian Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beowawe Indian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beowawe Indian Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southeast of Beowawe.
- The Beowawe Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Indian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2246892 <3>
- 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)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elko City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elko.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83924 <3>
- Elko County Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elko.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83950 <3>
- 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)
- Bullion is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Palisade ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Moleen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Moleen is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
- Cluro ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cluro is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluro
- Lee ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lee is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackburn is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Huntington ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Elko
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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.
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]<4>. 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 first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:
- Websites specific to Nevada
- Pages specific to Elko County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Highland, 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' (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- Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |