Nearest Communities to Bigelow,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bigelow, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bigelow:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Bigelow is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Inyo County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Inyo County: Fresno, Kern, Mono, San Bernardino, Tulare, Clark (NV), Esmeralda (NV) & Nye (NV).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bigelow. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Inyo County.
After starting with the home county for Bigelow (which is Inyo 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 Bigelow
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Inyo County (where Bigelow resides)
- County Website: https://www.inyocounty.us/
- County Seat for Inyo: Independence
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bigelow ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bigelow.
- Poleta ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Laws
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bishop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Owensville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wilkerson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon Lane - Meadow Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keough Hot Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brockmans Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Bishop ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oteys Sierra Village ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rocking K
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Zurich ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Peterson Mill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Pine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Starlite Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Alta Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mesa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monola ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Monola is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monola
- Sage Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glacier Lodge ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Fork / Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aspendell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parchers Camp ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Round Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Elna ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Elna is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elna
- Camp Sabrina ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rovana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Deep Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fish Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Scheelite ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen Station ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Aberdeen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chrysopolis ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chrysopolis is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrysopolis
- Blackrock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mono County
- County Website: https://www.monocounty.ca.gov/
- County Seat for Mono: Bridgeport
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bigelow ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bigelow.
- Chalfant Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mesa Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hammil
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tom's Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aspen Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Esmeralda 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- Bigelow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bigelow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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