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Nearest Communities to Babbitt,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Babbitt, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Babbitt:

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.

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 Babbitt 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 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Babbitt. Of these communities, 11 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 Babbitt (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 Babbitt

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Mineral County   (where Babbitt resides)
    • County Website:   https://mineralcountynv.us/
    • County Seat for Mineral:   Hawthorne
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Babbitt   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Babbitt.
      • Hawthorne
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Schweer Housing Area
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Schweer Housing Area is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schweer Housing Area
      • Thorne
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Thorne is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorne
      • Lucky Boy ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Lucky Boy is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Boy
      • Coryville ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Coryville is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryville
      • Dutch Creek ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Dutch Creek is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Creek
      • Walker Lake
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Walker Lake is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Lake
      • Montelle ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Montelle is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montelle
      • Jaggersville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Jaggersville is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaggersville
      • Whiskey Spring ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Whiskey Spring is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Spring
      • Buckley Camp ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Buckley Camp is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley Camp
      • Copperfield ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Copperfield is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Avalon ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Avalon is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
        • Rand ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Rand is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
        • Qualeys Camp
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Qualeys Camp is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualeys Camp
        • Garfield ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Garfield is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
        • Kinkaid
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Fletcher
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Fletcher is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
        • Copper Hill ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Copper Hill is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
          • Copper Hill has also been known as:
          • Copperhill
        • Esmeralda ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
        • Bovard ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Bovard is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
        • Midway ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Midway is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Aurora ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Copper Run ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Del Monte ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Luning
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Marietta ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • New Boston ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • New Boston is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
        • Camp Douglas ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Schurz
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Mina
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lyon County
  • Mono County

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- Babbitt) 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 Babbitt, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.