Nearest Communities to Sinker,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sinker, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sinker:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 from Sinker.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Sinker is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sinker. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Owyhee 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 Sinker (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 Sinker
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Owyhee County (where Sinker resides)
- County Website: https://owyheecounty.net/
- County Seat for Owyhee: Murphy
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sinker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sinker.
- Murphy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oreana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oreana is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreana
- Little Sugar Loaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Little Sugar Loaf is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sugar Loaf
- Morgan Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morgan Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Place
- Slacks Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Slacks Corner is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slacks Corner
- Guffey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Guffey is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guffey
- Reynolds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Dewey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dewey is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Silver City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Telegraph Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Telegraph Hill is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph Hill
- Democrat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Democrat is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Empire City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Spiry Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Spiry Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiry Place
- Carothers Place ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carothers Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carothers Place
- De Lamar ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- De Lamar is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamar
- Wilson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Petersons Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Petersons Crossing is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersons Crossing
- Flint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flint is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Crill Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crill Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crill Place
- Doyle Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doyle Place is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle Place
- Givens Hot Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Givens Hot Springs is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens Hot Springs
- Triangle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Triangle is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Grand View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Ada County
- County Website: https://adacounty.id.gov/
- County Seat for Ada: Boise
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sinker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sinker.
- Swan Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Falls is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Falls
- Mora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mora is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
- Owyhee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Owyhee is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Pleasant Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Kuna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Orchard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Leone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leone is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leone
- Blacks Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blacks Creek is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacks Creek
- Canyon County
- County Website: https://www.canyoncounty.id.gov/
- County Seat for Canyon: Caldwell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sinker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sinker.
- Warrens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Warrens is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
- Walters Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Walters Ferry is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Ferry
- Melba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Westma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Westma is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westma
- Bowmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bowmont is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmont
- Deal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Deal is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal
- Swartz Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Swartz Corner is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartz Corner
- Kings Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kings Corner is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
- Tiegs Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tiegs Corner is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiegs Corner
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Malheur County
- County Website: https://www.malheurco.org/
- County Seat for Malheur: Vale (OR)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sinker ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sinker.
- Sheaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sheaville is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheaville
- Jordan Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
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 from Point A (ie- Sinker) 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 Sinker, 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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