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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 Rosny (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 Rosny. 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 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.

Rosny is located in Lander 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 Lander County: Churchill, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Nye & Pershing.

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

  • Lander County     (The home county of Rosny)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosny, with the one closest to Rosny listed first.
    • Jenkins ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jenkins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
      • Jenkins is located in Lander County
    • Battle Mountain
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Argenta ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • 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.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
      • Argenta is located in Lander County
    • Kampos ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • 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.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampos
      • Kampos is located in Lander County
    • Dewitt Mill ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dewitt Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Mill
      • Dewitt Mill is located in Lander County
    • Lander ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lander have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander
      • Lander is located in Lander County
    • Tenabo ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenabo
      • Tenabo is located in Lander County
  • Eureka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosny, with the one closest to Rosny listed first.
    • Shoshone ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoshone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
    • Beowawe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Crescent Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Harney ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
      • Harney is located in Eureka County
    • Primeaux
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primeaux
      • Primeaux is located in Eureka County
    • Barth ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • 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.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barth
      • Barth is located in Eureka County
  • Humboldt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosny, with the one closest to Rosny listed first.
    • Valmy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Herrin ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Herrin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin
      • Herrin is located in Humboldt County

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

Cemeteries Near Rosny ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosny.

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

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

  • Battle Mtn. City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Battle Mtn. City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Battle Mtn. City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Battle Mountain.
    • The Battle Mtn. City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Battle Mtn. Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1542580 <4>
  • Beowawe Indian Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beowawe Indian Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beowawe Indian Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the northwest of Beowawe.
    • The Beowawe Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2246892 <4>
  • Maidens Grave Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Pioneers Grave
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneers Grave
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pioneers Grave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>

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

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

  • Battle Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Argenta ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
    • Argenta is located in Lander County
  • Piute ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piute have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute
    • Piute is located in Lander County
  • Pittsburgh ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
    • Pittsburgh is located in Lander County
    • Pittsburgh has also been known as:
    • Pittsburg
  • Galena ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Galena is located in Lander County
  • Shoshone ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoshone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
  • Beowawe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bailey ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
    • Bailey is located in Lander County
  • Cluro ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cluro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluro
    • Cluro is located in Eureka County

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

Newspapers Published in Rosny ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosny.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosny, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosny.

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 Rosny:

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

The official website for State of Nevada: https://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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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- Rosny) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rosny. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6124, Longitude: -116.8384       In this case, the coordinates for Rosny have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rosny, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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