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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Shoshone. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Shoshone to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shoshone, 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 Shoshone (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 Shoshone. 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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Shoshone is historic, it would have been located within present day White Pine 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 White Pine County: Elko, Eureka, Lincoln, Nye, Juab (UT), Millard (UT) & Tooele (UT).
Below are the counties that are near Shoshone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shoshone:
- White Pine County (The home county of Shoshone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoshone, with the one closest to Shoshone listed first.
- Majors Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors Place
- Majors Place is located in White Pine County
- Osceola ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Osceola is located in White Pine County
- Baker
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Baker is located in White Pine County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
- Taylor ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Taylor is located in White Pine County
- Lincoln County
- Millard County (UT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoshone, with the one closest to Shoshone listed first.
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Garrison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Garrison is located in Millard County (UT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garrison <2>
- Eskdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskdale
- Eskdale is located in Millard County (UT)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shoshone, see our County-by-County Page for Shoshone.
Newspapers Published in Shoshone ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shoshone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shoshone, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shoshone.
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 Shoshone:
- Websites specific to Nevada
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Nevada State Library and Archives
- Pages specific to White Pine County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lincoln County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Millard County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lincoln County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of White Pine County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of White Pine County
Cemeteries Near Shoshone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shoshone.
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 Shoshone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shoshone, with the one closest to Shoshone listed first.
- Osceola Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Osceola Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Osceola Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175941 <6>
- Baker City Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baker City Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Baker.
- The Baker City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Baker Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2181583 <6>
- Burbank Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- The Burbank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hockman Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burbank Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77163 <6>
- Garrison Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garrison Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109268 <6>
- Eldridge Ranch Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Eldridge Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eldridge Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2341179 <6>
- Black Horse Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Black Horse Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> to the southeast of Baker.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Horse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1877574 <6>
- Taylor Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<5> to the northwest of Ely.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175961 <6>
- Ward Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ward Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> to the north of Ely.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ward Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83971 <6>
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.
While we didn't find Shoshone in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shoshone.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shoshone, with the one closest to Shoshone listed first.
- Geyser ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Osceola ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Osceola is located in White Pine County
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Taylor ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Taylor is located in White Pine County
- Cleveland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 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 Shoshone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shoshone.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for White Pine County: www.co.white-pine.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 Shoshone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <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- Shoshone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shoshone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8486, Longitude: -114.4078 In this case, the coordinates for Shoshone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |