Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Yoacham. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Yoacham to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yoacham, 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 Yoacham (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 Yoacham. 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 Yoacham is historic, it would have been located within present day Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Mohave (AZ), Clark, Nye, White Pine, Beaver (UT), Iron (UT), Millard (UT) & Washington (UT).
Below are the counties that are near Yoacham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yoacham:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Yoacham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yoacham, with the one closest to Yoacham listed first.
- Caliente
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Panaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bullionville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullionville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullionville
- Bullionville is located in Lincoln County
- Islen ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islen
- Islen is located in Lincoln County
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyd have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Boyd is located in Lincoln County
- Prince ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince
- Prince is located in Lincoln County
- Barclay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Barclay is located in Lincoln County
- Joseco ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseco
- Joseco is located in Lincoln County
- Pioche
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Acoma ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoma
- Acoma is located in Lincoln County
- Crestline ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Crestline is located in Lincoln County
- Mendha ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendha have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendha
- Mendha is located in Lincoln County
- Iron County (UT)
- Uvada ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uvada have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uvada
- Uvada is located in Iron County (UT)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yoacham, see our County-by-County Page for Yoacham.
Newspapers Published in Yoacham ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yoacham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yoacham, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yoacham.
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 Yoacham:
- Websites specific to Nevada
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
Cemeteries Near Yoacham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yoacham.
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 Yoacham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yoacham, with the one closest to Yoacham listed first.
- Caliente City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conway Memorial Park Veterans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Panaca Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bullionville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bullionville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bullionville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83910 <5>
- Barclay Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Barclay Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barclay Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the northwest of Caliente.
- The Barclay Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clover Valley Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barclay Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2294870 <5>
- Pioche Boot Hill Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pioche Catholic Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pioche Masonic Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- The Pioche Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boothill Cemetery
- Pioche IOOF Cemetery
- Pioche IOOF and Masonic Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioche Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176656 <5>
- Pioche Public Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Delamar Helene Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Delamar Catholic Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Woodworth Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Woodworth Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodworth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172153 <5>
- Hollinger - Hammond Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lytle Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Yoacham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yoacham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yoacham, with the one closest to Yoacham listed first.
- Panaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pioche
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bristol ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Bristol is located in Lincoln County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yoacham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yoacham.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.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 Yoacham, 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> | 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- Yoacham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yoacham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6589, Longitude: -114.4939 In this case, the coordinates for Yoacham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<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. |