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Nearest Communities to Sims,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 Sims.<1>

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

Sims is located in Shasta County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 130 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sims. Of these communities, 46 are located in counties other than Shasta 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 Sims (which is Shasta 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 Sims

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

  • Shasta County   (where Sims resides)
  • Siskiyou County
    • County Website:   https://www.siskiyoucounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Siskiyou:   Yreka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sims   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sims.
      • Dunsmuir
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Shasta Retreat
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Shasta Retreat is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Retreat
      • Cantara ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
      • Mott
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Mott is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott
      • Shasta Springs
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Azalea
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Azalea is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
      • Pioneer
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Pioneer is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Pierce
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Pierce is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
      • Howard
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Howard is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
      • Mount Shasta
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Hooper
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Hooper is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
      • McCloud
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Signal Butte
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Signal Butte is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Butte
        • Wyntoon
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Wyntoon is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyntoon
        • Upton
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Upton is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
        • Deetz
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Deetz is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deetz
        • Ash Creek Junction
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Ash Creek Junction is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Creek Junction
        • Esperanza ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Esperanza is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esperanza
        • Black Butte
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Black Butte is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Butte
        • Igerna
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Igerna is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igerna
        • Weed
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Ash Creek Station ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Ash Creek Station is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Creek Station
        • Houston ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Houston is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
        • Carrick
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Carrick is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick
        • Edgewood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Algoma ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Kinyon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Kinyon is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinyon
        • Swobe
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Swobe is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swobe
        • Hotlum
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Hotlum is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotlum
        • Callahan
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Metcalf ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Metcalf is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
        • Graham ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Graham is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
        • Bartle
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Bartle is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle
  • Trinity County
    • County Website:   https://www.trinitycounty.org/
    • County Seat for Trinity:   Weaverville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sims   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sims.
      • Carrville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Stringtown ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Stringtown is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
      • Coffee Creek
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Coffee Creek is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Creek
      • Trinity Center
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Bragdon ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Bragdon is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragdon
      • Coffee
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Coffee is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
      • Estrellita
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Estrellita is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrellita
      • Minersville ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairview
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Fairview is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Ridgeville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Ridgeville is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
      • Cedar Stock
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Cedar Stock is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Stock
      • Keno ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Keno is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
      • Pinewood Cove
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Pinewood Cove is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Cove

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sims) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.