Our Genealogy Helper
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 Massie (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 Massie. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Massie is located in Churchill 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 Churchill County: Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing & Washoe.
Below are the counties that are near Massie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Massie:
- Churchill County (The home county of Massie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Hazen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Hazen is located in Churchill County
- Ragtown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Diatom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Lahontan City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahontan City
- Lahontan City is located in Churchill County
- Fallon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Fallon is located in Churchill County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,751 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallon <2>
- Island City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Island City is located in Churchill County
- Nevada City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nevada City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
- Nevada City is located in Churchill County
- Huxley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
- Huxley is located in Churchill County
- Stillwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stillwater is located in Churchill County
- Jessup ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Salt Wells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Wells
- Salt Wells is located in Churchill County
- Cressid ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Darwin is located in Lyon County
- Fernley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernley
- Fernley is located in Lyon County
- Estimated population in 2015: 19,418 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fernley <2>
- Silver Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Springs is located in Lyon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Springs <2>
- Davis Station ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Station
- Davis Station is located in Lyon County
- Stagecoach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
- Stagecoach is located in Lyon County
- Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Churchill
- Fort Churchill is located in Lyon County
- Storey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Thisby
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Clark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Clark is located in Storey County
- Washoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Wadsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
- Wadsworth is located in Washoe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadsworth <2>
- Fort Defiance ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Defiance. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Defiance
- Fort Defiance is located in Washoe County
- Olinghouse ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olinghouse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinghouse
- Olinghouse is located in Washoe County
- Nixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Nixon is located in Washoe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixon <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Massie, see our County-by-County Page for Massie.
Newspapers Published in Massie ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Massie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Massie, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Massie.
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 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 Massie:
- 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 Churchill County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lyon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Storey County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washoe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lyon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Churchill County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Nevada
Cemeteries Near Massie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Massie.
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 Massie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Rosewood Drive Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- The Rosewood Drive Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnson Family Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosewood Drive Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2341001 <5>
- Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #974156 <5>
- Veterans Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Veterans Cemetery
- Fernley Desert Memorial Garden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fernley Desert Memorial Garden
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149644 <5>
- Churchill County Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Churchill County Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Fallon.
- The Churchill County Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fallon Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Churchill County Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83919 <5>
- Allen Road Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Allen Road Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Fallon.
- The Allen Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eason Cemetery
- Ferguson Cemetery
- St. Clair Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2340981 <5>
- Gardens Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gardens Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Fallon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2200424 <5>
- St. Clair Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Clair Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83966 <5>
- Fraternal Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fraternal Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Wadsworth.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fraternal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166399 <5>
- Wadsworth Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wadsworth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166400 <5>
- Stillwater Indian Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stillwater Indian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2270217 <5>
- Desert Memorial Gardens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Desert Memorial Gardens is located outside and to the west of Silver Springs.
- The Desert Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Silver Springs Cemeentery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Desert Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83922 <5>
- Ft. Churchill Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- The Ft. Churchill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Churchill Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Churchill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83918 <5>
- Nixon Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nixon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130406 <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.<6>
While we didn't find Massie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Massie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Saint Clair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Clair have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Saint Clair is located in Churchill County
- Wadsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
- Wadsworth is located in Washoe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadsworth <2>
- Hill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Thisby
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Churchill
- Fort Churchill is located in Lyon County
- Cressid ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Clarks ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 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 Massie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Massie.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Massie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Churchill County: www.churchillcounty.org/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Massie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Massie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5969, Longitude: -118.9760 In this case, the coordinates for Massie 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> | 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 Massie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |