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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 Indian Hills (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 Indian Hills. 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.

Indian Hills is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Alpine (CA), El Dorado (CA), Mono (CA), Placer (CA), Carson City & Lyon.

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

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Indian Hills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Johnson Lane
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Johnson Lane is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Lane
    • Genoa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Walleys Hot Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Walleys Hot Springs is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walleys Hot Springs
    • Glenbrook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Buckeye ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Buckeye is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Minden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Kingsbury Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingsbury Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Village
    • Kingsbury
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingsbury is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
    • Skyland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Skyland is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
    • Summit Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Summit Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
    • Lincoln Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Gardnerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Zephyr Cove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Carson City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Carson City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Empire
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Empire is located in Carson City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • New Empire
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • New Empire is located in Carson City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
    • Lakeview Summit
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Lakeview Summit is located in Carson City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Summit
  • Lyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Eureka ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Eureka is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Mound House
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dayton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Johntown ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Johntown is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
    • Silver City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver City is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Sutro ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sutro is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutro
    • Carson Rapids City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Carson Rapids City is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Rapids City
    • Stagecoach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Stagecoach is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
    • Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • American City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • American City is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
    • American Flat ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • American Flat is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
    • Gold Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gold Hill is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Virginia City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Flowery City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Flowery City is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowery City
    • Lousetown ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Lousetown is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lousetown
    • Virginia City Highlands
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Lockwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Lockwood is located in Storey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
  • Washoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Franktown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Franktown is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
    • New Washoe City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ophir City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Ophir City is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir City
    • Incline Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyrolian Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tyrolian Village is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrolian Village
    • Crystal Bay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Washoe City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Washoe City is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe City
    • Sundown Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Sundown Town is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown Town
    • Pleasant Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Galena ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Galena is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Steamboat
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Steamboat is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
    • Bronco ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Bronco is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
      • Bronco has also been known as:
      • Bronca
    • Hidden Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Hidden Valley is located in Washoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley
  • Alpine County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Mesa Vista
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Mesa Vista is located in Alpine County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Vista
    • Paynesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Paynesville is located in Alpine County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
    • Alpine Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Alpine Village is located in Alpine County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
    • Woodfords
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Woodfords is located in Alpine County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
    • Sorensens
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sorensens is located in Alpine County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
    • Marklee Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Marklee Village is located in Alpine County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklee Village
    • Markleeville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Loope ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Loope is located in Alpine County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loope
  • El Dorado County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Al Tahoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Al Tahoe is located in El Dorado County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Tahoe
    • South Lake Tahoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tallac Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Tallac Village is located in El Dorado County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallac Village
    • Tahoma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Fallen Leaf
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Echo Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Phillips
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Phillips is located in El Dorado County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
    • Twin Bridges
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Strawberry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Nevada County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Bronco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bronco is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
    • Floriston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Polaris
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Polaris is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polaris
    • Mystic ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mystic is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
    • Truckee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Truckee is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,982 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Truckee <1>
    • Prosser Lake Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Prosser Lake Heights is located in Nevada County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser Lake Heights
  • Placer County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Brockway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tahoe Vista
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Carnelian Bay
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Dollar Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Dollar Point is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Point
    • Lake Forest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Lake Forest is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
    • Tahoma Meadows
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Tahoma Meadows is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoma Meadows
    • Homewood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Tahoe City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Tahoe Pines
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Tahoe Pines is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Pines
    • Andover ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Andover is located in Placer County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
  • Sierra County (CA)
    • Calvada ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Calvada is located in Sierra County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada

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

Cemeteries Near Indian Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Indian Hills.

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 Indian Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Indian Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Old Stewart Indian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stewart Indian Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Stewart Indian Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Carson City.
    • The Old Stewart Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dat So La Lee Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2246782 <3>
  • Stewart Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stewart Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Carson City.
    • The Stewart Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ormsby Poor Farm Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180464 <3>
  • Jacks Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Nevada State Prison Burial Ground
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Carson Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Genoa Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Genoa Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Genoa.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83934 <3>
  • Waltons Chapel of the Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lone Mtn. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Empire Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenbrook Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Captain George Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain George Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Captain George Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Mottsville.
    • The Captain George Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Captain George Donner Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83913 <3>
  • Gardnerville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gardnerville Cemetery is located in Gardnerville.
    • The Gardnerville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Garden Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83933 <3>
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...
    • Eastside Memorial Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mottsville Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Franktown Creek Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown Creek Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Franktown Creek Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Washoe City.
      • The Franktown Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Franktown Cemetery
      • Heidekreichs Franktown Creek Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83932 <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.<4>

While we didn't find Indian Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Indian Hills.

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

  • Genoa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Carson City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Empire
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Empire is located in Carson City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Brunswick ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brunswick is located in Carson City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Glenbrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gardnerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hobart ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hobart is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Eureka ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Eureka is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Mound House
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheridan ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Sheridan is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
  • Bijou
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bijou is located in El Dorado County (CA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
  • Franktown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Franktown is located in Washoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Dayton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver City is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Incline Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Indian Hills ...

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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Indian Hills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Indian Hills, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Indian Hills.

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 Indian Hills:

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>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- Indian Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Indian Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.