Nearest Communities to West Bishop,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to West Bishop, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for West Bishop:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from West Bishop.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of West Bishop 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 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of West Bishop. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Inyo County.
After starting with the home county for West Bishop (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 West Bishop
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Inyo County (where West Bishop 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 West Bishop ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Bishop.
- Brockmans Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oteys Sierra Village ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bishop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dixon Lane - Meadow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocking K
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Laws
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Owensville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Starlite Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Poleta ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alta Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mesa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Wilkerson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bigelow ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Peterson Mill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Round Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keough Hot Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rovana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- South Fork / Mountain View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aspendell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scheelite ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Camp Sabrina ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parchers Camp ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zurich ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glacier Lodge ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sage Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Monola ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Monola is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monola
- Elna ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elna is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elna
- Fish Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aberdeen Station ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chrysopolis ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chrysopolis is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrysopolis
- 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 West Bishop ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Bishop.
- Chalfant Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mesa Camp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tom's Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aspen Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hammil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Convict Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitmore Hot Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Hot Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Esmeralda County
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Bishop) 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 West Bishop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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