Lincoln County, Nevada Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Lincoln County Courthouse 181 Main Street Pioche, Nevada 89043 Phone: 775-962-5390

Parent County
1866--Lincoln County was created 26 February 1866 from Nye County. County seat: Pioche

Populated Places

 * Cities and Towns: Alamo | Ash Springs | Caliente | Hiko | Panaca | Pioche | Rachel | Ursine


 * Ghost Towns: Acoma | Angle City | Atlanta | Barclay | Big Trees | Boyd | Bristol Well | Brown | Bullionville | Carp | Caselton | Cold Spring | Crestline | Crossroads | Crystal Springs | Delmar | Eberhardt | Eccles | Elgin | Etna | Fay | Flat Nose | Galt | Groom Lake | Helene | Horseshoe Bend | Hoya | Indian Cove | Islen | Jackrabbit | Joseco | Kyle | Logan City | Mendha | Mud Springs | Ninemile Rocks | Pony Springs | Prince | Rose Valley | Rox | Stine | Strawberry Hill | Sundown | Tempiute

Neighboring Counties
Clark | Nye | White Pine | Beaver County, Utah | Iron County, Utah | Millard County, Utah | Washington County, Utah | Mohave County, Arizona

Cemeteries
Find A Grave.com has burial information for the following Lincoln County cemeteries: Alamo, Barclay, Bullionville, Caliente City, Castle Family, Conway Veterans Memeorial, Davidson Family, Delmar Catholic, Delmar Helene, Hackett Family, Hiko Area, Hiko, Panaca Memorial Park, Pioche Boot Hill, Pioche Catholic, Pioche Masonic, Pioche Public, Rachel, Richardville, Schofield, Spring Valley, and Woodworth.

Census
Transcriptions of many Lincoln County federal census records are available online as part of The USGenWeb Project. Click on the links below to search a particular census.

1870 Census | 1880 Census | 1880 Mortality Schedules | 1890 Special Census | 1900 Census | 1900 Indian Census

FamilySearch Record Search

For more information about Nevada census records, see the Nevada Census records page available on the FamilySearch Wiki.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Alamo
 * Caliente
 * Panaca
 * Pioche

Local Histories

 * Harris, Mary N. Porter Settlement of Lincoln County and White Pine County, Nevada, by Utah Pioneers. [Salt Lake City, Utah]: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 2006.


 * Hulse, James W. Lincoln County, Nevada, 1864-1909: History of a Mining Region. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1971.

Military
World War I Draft Registrations

Newspapers

 * Scott, Patricia A. "Obituaries Published in the Pioche Daily Record, 1872-1878." Database. NVGenWeb.org. Lincoln County Nevada Heritage Collection. http://www.nvgenweb.org/lincoln/PDRobits.txt: 2010.

Vital Records
485 marriages from 22 Jan 1872 to 20 Jun 1900 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Societies and Libraries
Caliente Branch Library 100 Depot Avenue Caliente, Nevada 89008 Phone: 775-726-3104

Alamo Branch Library 100 South First West Alamo, Nevada 89001 Phone: 775-725-3343

Lincoln County Library 63 Main Street Pioche, Nevada 89043 Phone: 775-962-5244

Museums
Lincoln County Historical Museum 69 Main Street Pioche, Nevada 89043 Phone: 775-962-5207   Million Dollar Courthouse 25 Lacour Street Pioche, Nevada 89043 Phone: 775-962-5182

Family History Centers
Alamo-Hiko, Nevada 1st East &amp; Broadway Alamo, Nevada 89001 Phone: 775-725-3411 Hours: T-Th 6pm-9pm; F-Sat by appt

Panaca, Nevada 385 Main Street Panaca, Nevada 89042 Phone: 775-728-4699 Hours: M,F-Sat on request; T-Th 10am-9pm

Web Sites

 * The Lincoln County NV GenWeb Project, a member of The NVGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project


 * Family History Library Catalog