Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

We've added Morlan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Morlan, 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 Morlan (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 Morlan. 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 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 Morlan is historic, it would have been located within present day Elko 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 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 Morlan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morlan:

Elko County (The home county of Morlan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morlan, with the one closest to Morlan listed first.
- Henry ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  - Henry is located in Elko County
- Afton ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Afton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
  - Afton is located in Elko County
  - Afton has also been known as:
  - Taber City
- Contact ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contact
  - Contact is located in Elko County
- Shores ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shores
  - Shores is located in Elko County
- Jarbidge
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbidge
  - Jarbidge is located in Elko County
  - Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jarbidge <3>
- San Jacinto
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Jacinto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
  - San Jacinto is located in Elko County
- Bruno City ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruno City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno City
  - Bruno City is located in Elko County
- Wilkins ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilkins have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
  - Wilkins is located in Elko County
- Delaplain ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delaplain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplain
  - Delaplain is located in Elko County
- Jackpot
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackpot
  - Jackpot is located in Elko County
  - Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackpot <3>
Owyhee County (ID)
- Three Creek
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creek
  - Three Creek is located in Owyhee County (ID)
Twin Falls County (ID)
- Idavada ‑ Historic
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idavada
  - Idavada is located in Twin Falls County (ID)

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

Newspapers Published in Morlan ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morlan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morlan, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morlan.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Morlan:

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 Elko County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails

Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Owyhee County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Twin Falls 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 Elko County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Elko County

Cemeteries Near Morlan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morlan.

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).

Jarbidge Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jarbidge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2205837 <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 Morlan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morlan.

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

Morton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Morton is located in Elko County
Three Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creek
- Three Creek is located in Owyhee County (ID)

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/

The official website for State of Nevada: 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 Morlan, 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 '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- Morlan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morlan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7094, Longitude: -115.0926 In this case, the coordinates for Morlan 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.