Nearest Communities to South Mountain,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to South Mountain, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for South Mountain:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from South Mountain.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
South Mountain 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 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of South Mountain. Of these communities, 4 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 South Mountain (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 South Mountain
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Owyhee County (where South Mountain 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 South Mountain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from South Mountain.
- Cliffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs
- Cliffs is located in Owyhee County
- Flint
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Fairylawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Triangle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Pleasant Valley Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Place
- Pleasant Valley Place is located in Owyhee County
- Empire City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Empire City is located in Owyhee County
- De Lamar ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamar
- De Lamar is located in Owyhee County
- Silver City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Silver City is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver City <4>
- Telegraph Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Telegraph Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph Hill
- Telegraph Hill is located in Owyhee County
- Dewey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Crill Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crill Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crill Place
- Crill Place is located in Owyhee County
- Democrat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Slacks Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slacks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slacks Corner
- Slacks Corner is located in Owyhee County
- Petersons Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersons Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersons Crossing
- Petersons Crossing is located in Owyhee County
- Carothers Place ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carothers Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carothers Place
- Carothers Place is located in Owyhee County
- Little Sugar Loaf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sugar Loaf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sugar Loaf
- Little Sugar Loaf is located in Owyhee County
- Spiry Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spiry Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiry Place
- Spiry Place is located in Owyhee County
- Doyle Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doyle Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle Place
- Doyle Place is located in Owyhee County
- Slacks Corner
- Malheur County
- County Website: www.malheurco.org/
- County Seat for Malheur: Vale (OR)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oregon
- Malheur County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oregon
- Malheur County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oregon
- Malheur County
- Nearest Communities to South Mountain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from South Mountain.
- Jordan Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Valley
- Jordan Valley is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jordan Valley <4>
- Deacon Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deacon Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon Crossing
- Deacon Crossing is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Danner ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danner
- Danner is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Sheaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
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 from Point A (ie- South Mountain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7521, Longitude: -116.9235 In this case, the coordinates for South Mountain 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. |