Nearest Communities to Avalon,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Avalon, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Avalon:
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 Avalon.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Avalon is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Mineral County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mineral County: Mono (CA), Churchill, Esmeralda, Lyon & Nye.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Avalon. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Mineral 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 Avalon (which is Mineral 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 Avalon
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Mineral County (where Avalon resides)
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Mineral County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Mineral County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Mineral County
- Nearest Communities to Avalon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Avalon.
- Rand ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Copper Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Copper Hill is located in Mineral County
- Copper Hill has also been known as:
- Copperhill
- Walker Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Lake
- Walker Lake is located in Mineral County
- Copper Run ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Run
- Copper Run is located in Mineral County
- Dutch Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Creek
- Dutch Creek is located in Mineral County
- Buckley Camp ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckley Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley Camp
- Buckley Camp is located in Mineral County
- Schurz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schurz
- Schurz is located in Mineral County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schurz <5>
- Montelle ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Thorne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Schweer Housing Area
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schweer Housing Area have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schweer Housing Area
- Schweer Housing Area is located in Mineral County
- Granite ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Babbitt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt
- Babbitt is located in Mineral County
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- Mountain View ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Mineral County
- Hawthorne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Hawthorne is located in Mineral County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawthorne <5>
- Coryville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Bovard ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Reservation ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reservation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservation
- Reservation is located in Mineral County
- Lucky Boy ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Loma ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Copperfield ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Copperfield is located in Mineral County
- Midway ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Rawhide ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Fletcher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Jaggersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaggersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaggersville
- Jaggersville is located in Mineral County
- Kinkaid
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Whiskey Spring ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiskey Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Spring
- Whiskey Spring is located in Mineral County
- Mountain View ‑ Historic
- Lyon County
- County Website: www.lyon-county.org/
- County Seat for Lyon: Yerington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Lyon County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Lyon County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Lyon County
- Nearest Communities to Avalon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Avalon.
- Cambridge ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Wichman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichman
- Wichman is located in Lyon County
- Pine Grove ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Pine Grove is located in Lyon County
- Tippecanoe ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tippecanoe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe
- Tippecanoe is located in Lyon County
- Wellington Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellington Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Springs
- Wellington Springs is located in Lyon County
- Nordyke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Mason
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Yerington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerington
- Yerington is located in Lyon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,253 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yerington <5>
- Elbow Stage Station ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbow Stage Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Stage Station
- Elbow Stage Station is located in Lyon County
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- Weed Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weed Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Heights
- Weed Heights is located in Lyon County
- Hudson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Sulfur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Lyon County
- Sweetwater ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Sweetwater is located in Lyon County
- Smith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Smith is located in Lyon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smith <5>
- Weed Heights
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- Avalon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avalon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7630, Longitude: -118.7563 In this case, the coordinates for Avalon 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 Avalon, 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. |
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