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Introduction ...

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

We've added Root Camp to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Root Camp, 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 Root Camp (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 Root Camp. 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 Root Camp is historic, it would have been located within present day Clark 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 Clark County: Mohave (AZ), Inyo (CA), San Bernardino (CA), Lincoln & Nye.

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

  • Clark County     (The home county of Root Camp)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Root Camp, with the one closest to Root Camp listed first.
    • Lincoln City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln City
      • Lincoln City is located in Clark County
    • Sandy Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
      • Sandy Valley is located in Clark County
    • Goodsprings
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jean
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Primm
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Diamond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Sloan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
      • Sloan is located in Clark County
    • Bard ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
      • Bard is located in Clark County
    • Arden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
      • Arden is located in Clark County
    • Enterprise
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Enterprise is located in Clark County
    • Spring Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Clark County
    • Summerlin South
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerlin South
      • Summerlin South is located in Clark County
  • Inyo County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Root Camp, with the one closest to Root Camp listed first.
    • Calvada Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada Springs
      • Calvada Springs is located in Inyo County (CA)
    • Charleston View
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston View
      • Charleston View is located in Inyo County (CA)
  • San Bernardino County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Root Camp, with the one closest to Root Camp listed first.
    • Mountain Pass
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Nipton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Root Camp ...

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 Root Camp.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Root Camp, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Root Camp.

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 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 Root Camp:

Cemeteries Near Root Camp ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Root Camp.

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

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

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

The official website for Clark County: www.accessclarkcounty.com/

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 Root Camp, 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Root Camp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Root Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7830, Longitude: -115.5403       In this case, the coordinates for Root Camp 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.




 

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