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Introduction ...

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

We've added Palisade to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Palisade, 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 Palisade (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 Palisade. 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.

Name Variations for Palisade ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Palisade was originally named Palisades

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors 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 Palisade is historic, it would have been located within present day Eureka 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 Eureka County: Elko, Lander, Nye & White Pine.

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

  • Eureka County     (The home county of Palisade)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Palisade, with the one closest to Palisade listed first.
    • Barth ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barth
      • Barth is located in Eureka County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barth
      • From Palisade to Barth
    • Primeaux
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harney ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Beowawe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Shoshone ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoshone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoshone
      • Shoshone is located in Eureka County
      • Shoshone has also been known as:
      • Shoshone Point
    • Crescent Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackburn ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Mineral ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
      • Mineral is located in Eureka County
  • Elko County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Palisade, with the one closest to Palisade listed first.
    • Carlin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bullion ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
      • Bullion is located in Elko County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bullion
      • From Palisade to Bullion
    • Moleen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moleen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
      • Moleen is located in Elko County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Moleen
      • From Palisade to Moleen
    • Hunter ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hunter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
      • Hunter is located in Elko County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hunter
      • From Palisade to Hunter
    • Elko
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jiggs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lander County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Palisade, with the one closest to Palisade listed first.
    • Argenta ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Argenta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
      • Argenta is located in Lander County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Argenta
      • From Palisade to Argenta
    • Kampos ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kampos. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampos
      • Kampos is located in Lander County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kampos
      • From Palisade to Kampos

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

Cemeteries Near Palisade ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Palisade.

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

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

Palisade itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 67 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Cluro ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cluro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluro
    • Cluro is located in Eureka County
  • Bullion ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
    • Bullion is located in Elko County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bullion
    • From Palisade to Bullion
  • Beowawe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Moleen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moleen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
    • Moleen is located in Elko County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Moleen
    • From Palisade to Moleen
  • Shoshone ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoshone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoshone
    • Shoshone is located in Eureka County
    • Shoshone has also been known as:
    • Shoshone Point
  • Blackburn ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Elko
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Argenta ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Argenta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
    • Argenta is located in Lander County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Argenta
    • From Palisade to Argenta

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Palisade ...

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 Palisade.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Palisade. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Palisade and those printed in the larger area surrounding Palisade.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5> of Palisade.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Palisade:

The official website for Eureka County: www.co.eureka.nv.us/

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 Palisade, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Palisade) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Palisade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6113, Longitude: -116.1999    
<6>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.




 

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