Nearest Communities to Ashton,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ashton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ashton:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Ashton is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Nye County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nye County: Inyo (CA), Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral & White Pine.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ashton. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Nye 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 Ashton (which is Nye 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 Ashton
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Nye County (where Ashton resides)
- County Website: www.co.nye.nv.us/
- County Seat for Nye: Tonopah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- Nearest Communities to Ashton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ashton.
- Roses Well ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roses Well have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Well
- Roses Well is located in Nye County
- Carrara ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrara
- Carrara is located in Nye County
- Leeland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Fluorine ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Gold Center ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Center
- Gold Center is located in Nye County
- Beatty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Beatty is located in Nye County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beatty <5>
- Bullfrog ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Amargosa Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargosa Valley
- Amargosa Valley is located in Nye County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amargosa Valley <5>
- Rhyolite ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhyolite
- Rhyolite is located in Nye County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Original ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Hot Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hot Springs is located in Nye County
- Gold Bar ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Springdale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Springdale is located in Nye County
- Amargosa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Wahmonie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Original ‑ Historic
- Inyo County
- County Website: www.inyocounty.us/
- County Seat for Inyo: Independence (CA)
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of California
- Inyo County
- From Family Search:
- State of California
- Inyo County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of California
- Inyo County
- Nearest Communities to Ashton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ashton.
- Chloride City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chloride City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride City
- Chloride City is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Schwab ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Beatty Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatty Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Junction
- Beatty Junction is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Park Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Park Village is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Scranton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Scranton is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Harmony Borax Works ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Borax Works
- Harmony Borax Works is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Former name for Harmony Borax Works:
- Greenland
- Furnace Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Creek
- Furnace Creek is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Furnace Creek has also been known as:
- Furnace Creek Ranch
- Indian Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Indian Village is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Leadfield ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadfield
- Leadfield is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Ryan ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Ryan is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Stovepipe Wells
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovepipe Wells
- Stovepipe Wells is located in Inyo County (CA)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ashton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7202, Longitude: -116.6726 In this case, the coordinates for Ashton 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 Ashton, 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. |