Nearest Communities to Scranton,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Scranton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Scranton:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Please note 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 Scranton 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 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Scranton. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Inyo 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 Scranton (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 Scranton
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Inyo County (where Scranton resides)
- County Website: www.inyocounty.us/
- County Seat for Inyo: Independence
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of California
- Inyo County
- From Family Search:
- State of California
- Inyo County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of California
- Inyo County
- Nearest Communities to Scranton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Scranton.
- Death Valley Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Death Valley Junction
- Death Valley Junction is located in Inyo County
- Former names for Death Valley Junction:
- Amargosa
- Death Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Death Valley Junction <4>
- Ryan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Ryan is located in Inyo County
- Schwab ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Lila C ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Greenwater ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwater have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwater
- Greenwater is located in Inyo County
- Furnace Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Creek
- Furnace Creek is located in Inyo County
- Furnace Creek has also been known as:
- Furnace Creek Ranch
- Harmony Borax Works ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Borax Works
- Harmony Borax Works is located in Inyo County
- Former name for Harmony Borax Works:
- Greenland
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Indian Village is located in Inyo County
- Park Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Park Village is located in Inyo County
- Badwater ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Evelyn ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Eagle Borax Works ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Borax Works
- Eagle Borax Works is located in Inyo County
- Beatty Junction ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatty Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Junction
- Beatty Junction is located in Inyo County
- Chloride City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chloride City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride City
- Chloride City is located in Inyo County
- Nye County
- County Website: www.co.nye.nv.us/
- County Seat for Nye: Tonopah (NV)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- Nearest Communities to Scranton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Scranton.
- Leeland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Ash Meadows ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ash Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Meadows
- Ash Meadows is located in Nye County (NV)
- Ash Meadows has also been known as:
- Ashmeadows
- Amargosa Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargosa Valley
- Amargosa Valley is located in Nye County (NV)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amargosa Valley <4>
- Roses Well ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roses Well have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Well
- Roses Well is located in Nye County (NV)
- Crystal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Crystal is located in Nye County (NV)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crystal <4>
- Amargosa ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Ashton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Johnnie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnnie
- Johnnie is located in Nye County (NV)
- Labbe Camp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Labbe Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labbe Camp
- Labbe Camp is located in Nye County (NV)
- Bowlerville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlerville
- Bowlerville is located in Nye County (NV)
- Carrara ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrara
- Carrara is located in Nye County (NV)
- Camp Desert Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Desert Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Desert Rock
- Camp Desert Rock is located in Nye County (NV)
- Stirling ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scranton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scranton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4517, Longitude: -116.5039 |
| <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 Scranton, 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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. |