Nearest Communities to Four Corners,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Four Corners, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Four Corners:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 starting from Four Corners.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Four Corners is located in Owyhee County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Owyhee County: Ada, Canyon, Elmore, Twin Falls, Elko (NV), Humboldt (NV) & Malheur (OR).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 7 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Four Corners. Of these communities, 2 are located in counties other than Owyhee 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 Four Corners (which is Owyhee 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 Four Corners
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Owyhee County (where Four Corners resides)
- County Website: www.owyheecounty.net/
- County Seat for Owyhee: Murphy
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Idaho
- Owyhee County
- From Family Search:
- State of Idaho
- Owyhee County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Idaho
- Owyhee County
- Nearest Communities to Four Corners ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Four Corners.
- Rickard Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rickard Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickard Crossing
- Rickard Crossing is located in Owyhee County
- Dickshooter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickshooter
- Dickshooter is located in Owyhee County
- Miller Creek Settlement
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miller Creek Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Creek Settlement
- Miller Creek Settlement is located in Owyhee County
- Dry Forty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Riddle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elko County
- County Website: www.elkocountynv.net/
- County Seat for Elko: Elko (NV)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Elko County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Elko County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Elko County
- Nearest Communities to Four Corners ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Four Corners.
- Number One Settlement
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Number One Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number One Settlement
- Number One Settlement is located in Elko County (NV)
- Owyhee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Owyhee is located in Elko County (NV)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owyhee <4>
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 from Point A (ie- Four Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Four Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1052, Longitude: -116.6079 In this case, the coordinates for Four Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |