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Introduction ...

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

We've added Sheridan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sheridan, 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 Sheridan (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 Sheridan. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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 Sheridan is historic, it would have been located within present day Douglas 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 Douglas County: Alpine (CA), El Dorado (CA), Mono (CA), Placer (CA), Carson City & Lyon.

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

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Sheridan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheridan, with the one closest to Sheridan listed first.
    • Centerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Centerville is located in Douglas County
    • Mottsville ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottsville
      • Mottsville is located in Douglas County
    • Gardnerville Ranchos
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardnerville Ranchos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville Ranchos
      • Gardnerville Ranchos is located in Douglas County
    • Minden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Walleys Hot Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walleys Hot Springs
      • Walleys Hot Springs is located in Douglas County
    • Gardnerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Summit Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
      • Summit Village is located in Douglas County
    • Buckeye ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckeye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Buckeye is located in Douglas County
    • Kingsbury Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsbury Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Village
      • Kingsbury Village is located in Douglas County
    • Kingsbury
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
      • Kingsbury is located in Douglas County
    • Genoa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Edgewood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Edgewood is located in Douglas County
    • Stateline
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Carson City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheridan, with the one closest to Sheridan listed first.
    • Carson City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • New Empire
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
      • New Empire is located in Carson City
    • Empire
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
      • Empire is located in Carson City
    • Lakeview Summit
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Summit
      • Lakeview Summit is located in Carson City
  • Lyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheridan, with the one closest to Sheridan listed first.
    • Mound House
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Eureka ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Lyon County
    • Wellington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Dayton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Johntown ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johntown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
      • Johntown is located in Lyon County
    • Smith
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Silver City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Lyon County
    • Sutro ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutro
      • Sutro is located in Lyon County
  • Storey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheridan, with the one closest to Sheridan listed first.
    • American City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for American City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
      • American City is located in Storey County
    • American Flat ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for American Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
      • American Flat is located in Storey County
    • Gold Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
      • Gold Hill is located in Storey County
    • Virginia City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Washoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheridan, with the one closest to Sheridan listed first.
    • Incline Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Crystal Bay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Franktown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
      • Franktown is located in Washoe County
    • Tyrolian Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyrolian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrolian Village
      • Tyrolian Village is located in Washoe County
    • New Washoe City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ophir City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ophir City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir City
      • Ophir City is located in Washoe County
    • Washoe City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe City
      • Washoe City is located in Washoe County
    • Sundown Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundown Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown Town
      • Sundown Town is located in Washoe County
  • Alpine County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheridan, with the one closest to Sheridan listed first.
    • Mesa Vista
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Vista
      • Mesa Vista is located in Alpine County (CA)
    • Paynesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
      • Paynesville is located in Alpine County (CA)
    • Alpine Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
      • Alpine Village is located in Alpine County (CA)
    • Sorensens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
      • Sorensens is located in Alpine County (CA)
    • Marklee Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marklee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklee Village
      • Marklee Village is located in Alpine County (CA)
    • Markleeville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Loope ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loope
      • Loope is located in Alpine County (CA)
    • Kirkwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Alpine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County (CA)
  • Amador County (CA)
  • El Dorado County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheridan, with the one closest to Sheridan listed first.
    • Al Tahoe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Tahoe
      • Al Tahoe is located in El Dorado County (CA)
    • South Lake Tahoe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Tallac Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tallac Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallac Village
      • Tallac Village is located in El Dorado County (CA)
    • Echo Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Fallen Leaf
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Phillips
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillips have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
      • Phillips is located in El Dorado County (CA)
    • Twin Bridges
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Strawberry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Tahoma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Kyburz
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Mono County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheridan, with the one closest to Sheridan listed first.
    • Topaz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Coleville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Placer County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheridan, with the one closest to Sheridan listed first.
    • Tahoma Meadows
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tahoma Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoma Meadows
      • Tahoma Meadows is located in Placer County (CA)
    • Homewood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tahoe Pines
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Pines
      • Tahoe Pines is located in Placer County (CA)
    • Brockway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dollar Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dollar Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Point
      • Dollar Point is located in Placer County (CA)
    • Tahoe City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Forest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
      • Lake Forest is located in Placer County (CA)
    • Carnelian Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tahoe Vista
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Sheridan ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sheridan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sheridan, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sheridan.

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 Sheridan:

Cemeteries Near Sheridan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sheridan.

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

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

Sheridan itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 32 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Gardnerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Genoa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Woodfords
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodfords have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
    • Woodfords is located in Alpine County (CA)
  • Hobart ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
    • Hobart is located in Douglas County
  • Bijou
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bijou have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
    • Bijou is located in El Dorado County (CA)
  • Lake Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
    • Lake Valley is located in El Dorado County (CA)
  • Tallac Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tallac Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallac Village
    • Tallac Village is located in El Dorado County (CA)
  • Markleeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Glenbrook
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Emerald Bay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Bay
    • Emerald Bay is located in El Dorado County (CA)
  • Carson City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Brunswick ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
    • Brunswick is located in Carson City
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Empire
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
      • Empire is located in Carson City
    • Eureka ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Lyon County
    • Mound House
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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

The official website for Douglas County: www.co.douglas.nv.us/

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 Sheridan, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sheridan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sheridan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9013, Longitude: -119.8258    
<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>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.




 

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