Nearest Communities to Williams,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Williams, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Williams:
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.
Williams is located in Modoc County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Modoc County: Lassen, Shasta, Siskiyou, Washoe (NV), Klamath (OR) & Lake (OR).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Williams. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Modoc 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 Williams (which is Modoc 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 Williams
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Modoc County (where Williams resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.modoc.ca.us/
- County Seat for Modoc: Alturas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Bayley ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bayley is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayley
- Ramsey
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- D Flourney
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- D Flourney is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D Flourney
- Christensen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Christensen is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christensen
- Derner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Derner is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derner
- McGarva
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McGarva is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarva
- K Flourney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- K Flourney is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K Flourney
- Likely
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vestil
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vestil is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vestil
- R Flourney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- R Flourney is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for R Flourney
- Kauffman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kauffman is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kauffman
- McArthur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McArthur is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Likely Rancheria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Likely Rancheria is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Likely Rancheria
- Bormister
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bormister is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bormister
- Brooks Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Cantrall Mill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cantrall Mill is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantrall Mill
- Flourney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Flourney is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourney
- California Pines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- California Pines is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Pines
- Campbell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Campbell is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Paola ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Paola is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paola
- Alturas Indian Rancheria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Junction is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Junction
- Alturas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alturas is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alturas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,542 people
- Former name for Alturas:
- Dorrisville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alturas <3>
- Juniper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Juniper is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Daphnedale Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Daphnedale Park is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphnedale Park
- Fletcher ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Dibble Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dibble Place is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibble Place
- Eagleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Surprise Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Surprise Station is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Station
- Canby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Adin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Menlo Baths
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Menlo Baths is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Baths
- Cedarville Rancheria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ambrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ambrose is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Old Hulbert Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Hulbert Place is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hulbert Place
- Lookout Rancheria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lookout Rancheria is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Rancheria
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lassen County
- County Website: https://co.lassen.ca.us/
- County Seat for Lassen: Susanville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Sage Hen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sage Hen is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Hen
- Pinnio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pinnio is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnio
- Madeline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dan Ryan Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dan Ryan Place is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dan Ryan Place
- Brockman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brockman is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockman
- Evans Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Place is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Place
- Scotty Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scotty Place is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotty Place
- Avila Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Avila Place is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avila Place
- Moran ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Moran is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Hayden Hill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hayden Hill is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Hill
- Termo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Termo is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Termo
- Stonebreaker Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hot Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hot Springs is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Leonard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Leonard is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Washoe County
- County Website: https://washoecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Washoe: Reno (NV)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- Reederville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reederville is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reederville
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Williams) 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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