Nearest Communities to Nelson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Nelson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Nelson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Nelson.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Nelson is located in Yavapai County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yavapai County: Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Maricopa & Mohave.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 14 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nelson. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Yavapai County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Nelson (which is Yavapai County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Nelson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Yavapai County (where Nelson resides)
- County Website: www.co.yavapai.az.us/
- County Seat for Yavapai: Prescott
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Arizona
- Yavapai County
- From Family Search:
- State of Arizona
- Yavapai County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Arizona
- Yavapai County
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Yampai
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Pica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Audley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Seligman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Seligman is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seligman <4>
- Coconino County
- County Website: www.co.coconino.az.us/
- County Seat for Coconino: Flagstaff
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Arizona
- Coconino County
- From Family Search:
- State of Arizona
- Coconino County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Arizona
- Coconino County
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Grand Canyon Caverns
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Canyon Caverns
- Grand Canyon Caverns is located in Coconino County
- Robbers Roost
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robbers Roost have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbers Roost
- Robbers Roost is located in Coconino County
- Frazier Wells
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frazier Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Wells
- Frazier Wells is located in Coconino County
- Rose Well Camp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Well Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Well Camp
- Rose Well Camp is located in Coconino County
- Mohave County
- County Website: www.co.mohave.az.us/
- County Seat for Mohave: Kingman
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Arizona
- Mohave County
- From Family Search:
- State of Arizona
- Mohave County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Arizona
- Mohave County
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Peach Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Springs
- Peach Springs is located in Mohave County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peach Springs <4>
- Truxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxton
- Truxton is located in Mohave County
- Crozier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crozier
- Crozier is located in Mohave County
- Valentine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Valentine is located in Mohave County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valentine <4>
- Hackberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Hackberry is located in Mohave County
- Antares
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antares
- Antares is located in Mohave County
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nelson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nelson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5154, Longitude: -113.3193 |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. 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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |