Nearest Communities to Amos,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Amos, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Amos:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Amos.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Amos is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Humboldt County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Humboldt County: Owyhee (ID), Elko, Lander, Pershing, Washoe, Harney (OR) & Malheur (OR).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 19 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Amos.
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 Amos (which is Humboldt 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 Amos
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Humboldt County (where Amos resides)
- County Website: www.humboldt-county-nv.net/
- County Seat for Humboldt: Winnemucca
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Humboldt County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Humboldt County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Humboldt County
- Nearest Communities to Amos ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Amos.
- Daveytown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daveytown
- Daveytown is located in Humboldt County
- Paradise Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Paradise Hill is located in Humboldt County
- Awakening ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Orovada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orovada
- Orovada is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orovada <5>
- Willow Point ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Willow Point is located in Humboldt County
- Rebel Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rebel Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel Creek
- Rebel Creek is located in Humboldt County
- Paradise Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Paradise Valley is located in Humboldt County
- Former name for Paradise Valley:
- Paradise City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradise Valley <5>
- Platora ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platora
- Platora is located in Humboldt County
- Gouge Eye ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Queen City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Queen City is located in Humboldt County
- Spring City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Spring City is located in Humboldt County
- Barrett Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barrett Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Springs
- Barrett Springs is located in Humboldt County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Laurel ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Tule
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tule
- Tule is located in Humboldt County
- Weso
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Bliss ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Canon Creek Station ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canon Creek Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon Creek Station
- Canon Creek Station is located in Humboldt County
- Happy Creek Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Creek Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek Station
- Happy Creek Station is located in Humboldt County
- Winnemucca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnemucca
- Winnemucca is located in Humboldt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,801 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnemucca <5>
- Laurel ‑ Historic
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Amos) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3899, Longitude: -117.8088 In this case, the coordinates for Amos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Amos, 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |