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Nearest Communities to Bodie,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bodie, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bodie:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 north.

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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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 from Bodie.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Bodie is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Mono County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mono County: Alpine, Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Tuolumne, Douglas (NV), Esmeralda (NV), Lyon (NV) & Mineral (NV).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bodie. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Mono County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Bodie (which is Mono 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 Bodie

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Mono County   (where Bodie resides)
  • Tuolumne County
  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   www.lyon-county.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Yerington (NV)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bodie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bodie.
      • Elbow Stage Station ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbow Stage Station have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Stage Station
        • Elbow Stage Station is located in Lyon County (NV)
      • Sweetwater ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
        • Sweetwater is located in Lyon County (NV)
      • Wichman
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Mineral County
    • County Seat for Mineral:   Hawthorne (NV)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bodie   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bodie.
      • Aurora ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Del Monte ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Del Monte. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Monte
        • Del Monte is located in Mineral County (NV)
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Del Monte
        • From Bodie to Del Monte
      • Esmeralda ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esmeralda have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
        • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County (NV)
      • Fletcher
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fletcher have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
        • Fletcher is located in Mineral County (NV)
      • Coryville ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coryville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryville
        • Coryville is located in Mineral County (NV)
      • Lucky Boy ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucky Boy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Boy
        • Lucky Boy is located in Mineral County (NV)
      • Qualeys Camp
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Qualeys Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualeys Camp
        • Qualeys Camp is located in Mineral County (NV)
      • Montelle ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montelle have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montelle
        • Montelle is located in Mineral County (NV)
      • Jaggersville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaggersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaggersville
        • Jaggersville is located in Mineral County (NV)
      • Whiskey Spring ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiskey Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Spring
        • Whiskey Spring is located in Mineral County (NV)
      • Schweer Housing Area
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schweer Housing Area have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schweer Housing Area
        • Schweer Housing Area is located in Mineral County (NV)
      • Babbitt
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hawthorne
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bodie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bodie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2116, Longitude: -119.0126    
<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 Bodie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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.
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