Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Kampos. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Kampos to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kampos, 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 Kampos (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 Kampos. 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 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 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 Kampos 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 Kampos. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kampos:
- Lander County (The home county of Kampos)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kampos, with the one closest to Kampos listed first.
- Argenta ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Jenkins ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Battle Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Mountain
- Battle Mountain is located in Lander County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Battle Mountain <3>
- Dewitt Mill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewitt Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Mill
- Dewitt Mill is located in Lander County
- Lander ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Tenabo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenabo
- Tenabo is located in Lander County
- Eureka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kampos, with the one closest to Kampos listed first.
- Shoshone ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Beowawe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beowawe
- Beowawe is located in Eureka County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beowawe <3>
- Crescent Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Valley
- Crescent Valley is located in Eureka County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crescent Valley <3>
- Harney ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Harney is located in Eureka County
- Primeaux
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primeaux
- Primeaux is located in Eureka County
- Barth ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Palisade ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Humboldt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kampos, with the one closest to Kampos listed first.
- Valmy
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmy
- Valmy is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valmy <3>
- Herrin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kampos, see our County-by-County Page for Kampos.
Newspapers Published in Kampos ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kampos.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kampos, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kampos.
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 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 Kampos:
- Websites specific to Nevada
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Nevada State Library and Archives
- Pages specific to Lander County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Eureka County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Humboldt County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Eureka County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Lander County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Nevada
Cemeteries Near Kampos ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kampos.
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 Kampos covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kampos, with the one closest to Kampos listed first.
- Battle Mtn. City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Battle Mtn. City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1542580 <5>
- Beowawe Indian Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beowawe Indian Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> 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 <5>
- Maidens Grave Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maidens Grave Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the northwest of Beowawe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maidens Grave Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83947 <5>
- Pioneers Grave
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- 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.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneers Grave
- Palisade Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Palisade Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the northeast of Carlin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palisade Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155938 <5>
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 Kampos in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kampos.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kampos, with the one closest to Kampos listed first.
- Argenta ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Shoshone ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Battle Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Mountain
- Battle Mountain is located in Lander County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Battle Mountain <3>
- Beowawe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beowawe
- Beowawe is located in Eureka County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beowawe <3>
- Piute ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Pittsburgh ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- 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
- Cluro ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Galena ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Palisade ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 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 Kampos. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kampos.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Kampos, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kampos) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kampos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6961, Longitude: -116.7046 In this case, the coordinates for Kampos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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. |