Mineral County, Nevada Genealogy

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Parent County
1911--Mineral County was created 10 February 1911 from Esmeralda County. County seat: Hawthorne

Populated Places

 * Unincorporated Communities: Aurora | Candelaria | Hawthorne | Luning | Mina | Rawhide | Schurz | Walker Lake

Neighboring Counties

 * Churchill
 * Esmeralda
 * Lyon
 * Mono County, California
 * Nye

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Hawthorne

Obituaries
Mineral County Death Index on-line also contains some records of Esmeralda and Nye Counties information. The tri-counties were all one before 1911. There are records of deaths that happened in other places and buried in these counties as well as deaths that occurred in these counties and buried other places. Information Sources are Mineral County Independent-News (775 945-2414) and Gunter's Funeral Home (775 945-2047) and other Death or Burial Records and information obtained from private individuals.

Information in the index includes: • Name • Sex • Birth/Place • Death/Place • Burial/Place • Obit (yes or no)

Vital Records
Records of deaths that happened in Mineral County as well as in other places and buried in Mineral County. The records also include deaths in Esmeralda and Nye Counties. Records are from various sources, i.e. newspapers and funeral homes. Searchable by alphabetical index.

Societies and Libraries
Mineral County Historical Society Mineral County Museum 400 Tenth St. P.O. Box 1584 Hawthorne NV 89415 Telephone: 775-945-5142

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog