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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 Nixon (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 Nixon. 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.

Nixon is located in Washoe 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 Washoe County: Lassen (CA), Modoc (CA), Nevada (CA), Placer (CA), Sierra (CA), Carson City, Churchill, Humboldt, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Harney (OR) & Lake (OR).

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

  • Washoe County     (The home county of Nixon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nixon, with the one closest to Nixon listed first.
    • Fort Defiance ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • 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.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Defiance
      • Fort Defiance is located in Washoe County
    • Olinghouse ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olinghouse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinghouse
      • Olinghouse is located in Washoe County
    • Wadsworth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sutcliffe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutcliffe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutcliffe
      • Sutcliffe is located in Washoe County
    • Spanish Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Springs
      • Spanish Springs is located in Washoe County
    • Nashville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Washoe County
    • Sun Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Vista
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Vista is located in Washoe County
    • Lemmon Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemmon Valley
      • Lemmon Valley is located in Washoe County
    • Sparks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley
      • Golden Valley is located in Washoe County
    • Panther Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Valley
      • Panther Valley is located in Washoe County
  • Churchill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nixon, with the one closest to Nixon listed first.
    • Hazen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
      • Hazen is located in Churchill County
    • Jessup ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessup have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
      • Jessup is located in Churchill County
    • Diatom
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diatom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diatom
      • Diatom is located in Churchill County
    • Lahontan City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahontan City
      • Lahontan City is located in Churchill County
  • Lyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nixon, with the one closest to Nixon listed first.
    • Fernley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Darwin ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
      • Darwin is located in Lyon County
    • Silver Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Pershing County
    • Nightingale ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nightingale
      • Nightingale is located in Pershing County
  • Storey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nixon, with the one closest to Nixon listed first.
    • Thisby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thisby have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thisby
      • Thisby is located in Storey County
    • Clark
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
      • Clark is located in Storey County
    • Lockwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
      • Lockwood is located in Storey County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Nixon ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nixon.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Nixon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Nixon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Nixon.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> of Nixon.

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 Nixon:

Cemeteries Near Nixon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nixon.

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

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

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 Nixon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nixon.

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

  • Wadsworth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Thisby
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thisby have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thisby
    • Thisby is located in Storey County
  • Clarks ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
    • Clarks is located in Washoe County
  • Hafed
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hafed have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hafed
    • Hafed is located in Washoe County
  • Vista
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Vista is located in Washoe County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nixon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Washoe County: www.co.washoe.nv.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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- Nixon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nixon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8331, Longitude: -119.3580    
<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 Nixon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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