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Introduction ...

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

We've added Tobar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tobar, 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 Tobar (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 Tobar. 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 and hospitals 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 Tobar is historic, it would have been located within present day Elko 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 Elko County: Cassia (ID), Owyhee (ID), Twin Falls (ID), Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine, Box Elder (UT) & Tooele (UT).

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

  • Elko County     (The home county of Tobar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tobar, with the one closest to Tobar listed first.
    • Wood ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
      • Wood is located in Elko County
    • Spruce ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spruce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
      • Spruce is located in Elko County
    • Wells
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Hogan ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hogan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
      • Hogan is located in Elko County
      • Hogan has also been known as:
      • Hogen
    • Holborn ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holborn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
      • Holborn is located in Elko County
    • Oasis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shafter ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shafter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
      • Shafter is located in Elko County
    • Deeth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sprucemont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sprucemont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucemont
      • Sprucemont is located in Elko County
    • Metropolis ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metropolis
      • Metropolis is located in Elko County
    • Melandco ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Melandco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melandco
      • Melandco is located in Elko County
    • Cobre ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cobre. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
      • Cobre is located in Elko County

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

Cemeteries Near Tobar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tobar.

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

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

  • Clover Valley Cemetery (North)
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clover Valley Cemetery (South)
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Wells City Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Starr Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Ft. Halleck Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Metropolis Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Metropolis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Metropolis Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> to the southeast of Wells.
    • The Metropolis Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Valley View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83953 <4>
  • Ruby Valley Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ruby Valley Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ruby Valley Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2510297 <4>

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

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

  • Wells
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Arthur ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arthur have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Arthur is located in Elko County
  • Tulasco ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tulasco have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulasco
    • Tulasco is located in Elko County
  • Holborn ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holborn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
    • Holborn is located in Elko County
  • Sprucemont
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sprucemont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucemont
    • Sprucemont is located in Elko County
  • Deeth
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Fenelon
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fenelon have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenelon
    • Fenelon is located in Elko County
  • Pequop
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pequop have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequop
    • Pequop is located in Elko County
  • Fair Play ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Play have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
    • Fair Play is located in Elko County
  • Toano ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toano. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toano
    • Toano is located in Elko County
    • Toano has also been known as:
    • Toana
    • Tuana
    • Tuanna
  • Halleck ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halleck. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
    • Halleck is located in Elko County

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

Newspapers Published in Tobar ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tobar.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tobar, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tobar.

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 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 Tobar:

The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/

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 Tobar, 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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tobar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tobar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8963, Longitude: -114.8903       In this case, the coordinates for Tobar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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