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Introduction ...

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

We've added Whiskey Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Whiskey Spring, 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 Whiskey Spring (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 Whiskey Spring. 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.

Name Variations for Whiskey Spring ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Whiskey Spring: Whiskey Spg. (or less commonly used: Whiskey Spng. or Whiskey Sprng.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 Whiskey Spring is historic, it would have been located within present day Mineral 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 Mineral County: Mono (CA), Churchill, Esmeralda, Lyon & Nye.

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

  • Mineral County     (The home county of Whiskey Spring)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whiskey Spring, with the one closest to Whiskey Spring listed first.
    • Hawthorne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Babbitt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt
      • Babbitt is located in Mineral County
    • Marietta ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Marietta is located in Mineral County
    • Kinkaid
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinkaid have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkaid
      • Kinkaid is located in Mineral County
      • Kinkaid has also been known as:
      • Acme
      • Kinkead
    • Camp Douglas ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Douglas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
      • Camp Douglas is located in Mineral County
    • Esmeralda ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esmeralda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
      • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
    • Aurora ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
      • Aurora is located in Mineral County
    • Luning
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Del Monte ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Del Monte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Monte
      • Del Monte is located in Mineral County
    • Mina
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Candelaria Junction ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candelaria Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria Junction
      • Candelaria Junction is located in Mineral County
    • Tonopah Junction ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonopah Junction
      • Tonopah Junction is located in Mineral County
    • Candelaria ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria
      • Candelaria is located in Mineral County
  • Lyon County
    • Wichman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichman
      • Wichman is located in Lyon County
  • Mono County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whiskey Spring, with the one closest to Whiskey Spring listed first.
    • Pizona ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pizona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizona
      • Pizona is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Bodie ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
      • Bodie is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Chinatown ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
      • Chinatown is located in Mono County (CA)
    • Masonic ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Masonic. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic
      • Masonic is located in Mono County (CA)

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

Newspapers Published in Whiskey Spring ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whiskey Spring.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whiskey Spring, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whiskey Spring.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Whiskey Spring:

Cemeteries Near Whiskey Spring ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whiskey Spring.

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

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

  • Chinese Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Chinese Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is located in Hawthorne.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2426465 <6>
  • Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2426465 <6>
  • Hawthorne Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Marietta Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Marietta Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Marietta Cemetery is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<5> to the northeast of Mina.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marietta Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232881 <6>
  • Chinese Gravesite
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Aurora Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Luning Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tomlin Gravesite
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Belleville Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Belleville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Belleville Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> to the north of Mina.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belleville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400207 <6>
  • Virginia Mahon Gravesite
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sodaville Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Mina Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Bodie Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bodie Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Bodie (CA)
      • The Bodie Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Wards Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bodie Cemetery
    • Boot Hill Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Masonic Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Masonic Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Bodie (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery

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

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

  • Hawthorne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Aurora ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
    • Aurora is located in Mineral County
  • Bodie ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
    • Bodie is located in Mono County (CA)
  • Candelaria ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria
    • Candelaria is located in Mineral County

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

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 Whiskey Spring, 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whiskey Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whiskey Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3716, Longitude: -118.5410       In this case, the coordinates for Whiskey Spring 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.
<7>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Hawthorne and Luning. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.




 

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