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Nearest Communities to Alturas City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 Alturas City is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Elmore County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Elmore County: Ada, Boise, Camas, Gooding, Owyhee & Twin Falls.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alturas City. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Elmore 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 Alturas City (which is Elmore 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 Alturas City

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

  • Elmore County   (where Alturas City resides)
    • County Website:   https://elmorecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Elmore:   Mountain Home
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alturas City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alturas City.
      • Atlanta
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Spanish Town ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Spanish Town is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Town
      • Rocky Bar ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Rocky Bar is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bar
      • Featherville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Featherville is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherville
      • Paradise Hot Springs
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Paradise Hot Springs is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hot Springs
      • Pine
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Prairie
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Prairie is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
  • Blaine County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.blaine.id.us/
    • County Seat for Blaine:   Hailey
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alturas City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alturas City.
      • Sawtooth City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Sawtooth City is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawtooth City
      • Galena
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Galena is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
      • Easley Hot Springs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Easley Hot Springs is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley Hot Springs
  • Boise County
    • County Website:   https://www.boisecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Boise:   Idaho City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alturas City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alturas City.
      • Graham ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Graham is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Banner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Banner is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
      • Bear Creek Summer Home Area
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Camp Creek Summer Home Area
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Tenmile Summer Home Area
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Twin Springs
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Twin Springs is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
      • Long Creek Summit Home
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lowman
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Washington Mill
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Washington Mill is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mill
  • Camas County
  • Custer 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alturas City) 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 Alturas City, 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.
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