Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

We've added Logan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Logan, please Contact Us.

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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 Logan (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 Logan. 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 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 Logan is historic, it would have been located within present day Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Mohave (AZ), Clark, Nye, White Pine, Beaver (UT), Iron (UT), Millard (UT) & Washington (UT).

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

• Lincoln County     (The home county of Logan)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Logan, with the one closest to Logan listed first.
  • Hiko
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiko
    • Hiko is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiko <2>
  • Crystal Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Crystal Springs is located in Lincoln County
  • Rachel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rachel
    • Rachel is located in Lincoln County
    • Former names for Rachel:
    • Sandy Springs
    • Tempiute Village
    • Rachel has also been known as:
    • Penoyer Valley
    • Sand Springs Valley
    • Tem Piute
    • Tempiute
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rachel <2>
  • Alamo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
    • Alamo is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamo <2>
  • Heizert City
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heizert City
    • Heizert City is located in Lincoln County

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

Cemeteries Near Logan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Logan.

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

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

• Schofield Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schofield Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2218600 <3>
• Castles Family Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castles Family Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Castles Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the south of Crystal Springs.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308798 <3>
• Hiko Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hiko Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2218603 <3>
• Richardville Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richardville Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2148327 <3>
• Rachel Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rachel Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2239784 <3>
• Alamo Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alamo Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alamo Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Alamo.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #153617 <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 Logan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Logan.

• Hiko
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiko
  • Hiko is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiko <2>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Logan:

• 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 Lincoln County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cemeteries of Lincoln County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cemeteries of Lincoln County

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.nv.us/

The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/