Nearest Communities to Sheepshead,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sheepshead, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sheepshead:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.
Sheepshead is located in Lassen County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lassen County: Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama & Washoe (NV).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sheepshead. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Lassen 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 Sheepshead (which is Lassen 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 Sheepshead
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lassen County (where Sheepshead resides)
- County Website: https://co.lassen.ca.us/
- County Seat for Lassen: Susanville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sheepshead ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sheepshead.
- Hayden Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hayden Hill was located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Hill
- Stones Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stones Landing is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Landing
- Avila Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Avila Place is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avila Place
- Spalding Tract
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Spalding Tract is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding Tract
- Dixie Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dixie Crossing is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Crossing
- Stonebreaker Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stonebreaker Crossing is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebreaker Crossing
- Moran ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moran was located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Scotty Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Scotty Place is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotty Place
- Brockman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brockman is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockman
- Little Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Little Valley is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Valley
- Termo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Termo is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Termo
- Dixie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dixie is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
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- Dan Ryan Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dan Ryan Place is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dan Ryan Place
- Shumway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shumway is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumway
- Madeline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Leonard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leonard is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Pumpkin Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pinnio
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pinnio is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnio
- Halls Flat ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Halls Flat was located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Flat
- Ravendale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bieber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bieber is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
- Nubieber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jellico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jellico is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jellico
- Crest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crest is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Sage Hen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sage Hen is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Hen
- Antelope ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Antelope was located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Horse Lake ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Lake was located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Lake
- Norvell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Norvell is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Pittville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pittville is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville
- Susanville Indian Rancheria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westwood Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westwood Junction is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Junction
- Goumaz ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Goumaz was located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goumaz
- Lasco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lasco is also located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasco
- Modoc County
- County Website: https://www.co.modoc.ca.us/
- County Seat for Modoc: Alturas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sheepshead ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sheepshead.
- Dibble Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dibble Place is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibble Place
- Adin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Lookout Rancheria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lookout Rancheria is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Rancheria
- K Flourney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- K Flourney is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K Flourney
- R Flourney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- R Flourney is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for R Flourney
- Vestil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vestil is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vestil
- Lookout
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- D Flourney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- D Flourney is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D Flourney
- Likely Rancheria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Likely Rancheria is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Likely Rancheria
- Likely
(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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sheepshead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |
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