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Nearest Communities to Bailey,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 Bailey.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Although our information shows that the community of Bailey is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lander County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lander County: Churchill, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Nye & Pershing.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bailey. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Lander 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 Bailey (which is Lander 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 Bailey

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

  • Lander County   (where Bailey resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.landercountynv.org/
    • County Seat for Lander:   Battle Mountain
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bailey   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bailey.
      • Bannock ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Bannock is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannock
      • Betty O'Neal ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Betty O'Neal is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty O'Neal
      • Dean ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Dean is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
      • Middletown ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Middletown is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Starr ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Starr is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr
      • McCoy ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • McCoy is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
      • Maysville ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Maysville is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
      • Pittsburgh ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Pittsburgh is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
        • Pittsburgh has also been known as:
        • Pittsburg
      • Blanco ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Blanco is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
      • Galena ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Galena is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
      • Hilltop ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Hilltop is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Telluride ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Telluride is located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Copper Basin ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Copper Basin is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Basin
        • Buckingham Camp ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Buckingham Camp is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Camp
        • Old Battle Mountain ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Old Battle Mountain is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Battle Mountain
        • Mud Springs ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Mud Springs is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Springs
        • Dewitt Mill ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Dewitt Mill is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Mill
        • Lander ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Lander is located in Lander County
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        • Battle Mountain
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Gold Acres ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Gold Acres is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Acres
        • Bullion ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Bullion is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
        • Gold Quartz
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Gold Quartz is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Quartz
        • Rosny
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Rosny is located in Lander County
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        • Frisbie ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Frisbie is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
        • Mill Gulch ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Mill Gulch is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Gulch
        • Tenabo ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Tenabo is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenabo
        • Piute ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Piute is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute
        • Jenkins ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Jenkins is located in Lander County
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        • North Battle Mountain
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Rennox
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Rennox is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennox
        • Argenta ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Argenta is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
        • Kampos ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Kampos is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampos
        • Mosel
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Mosel is located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosel
        • Cortez ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Cortez is located in Lander County
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  • Eureka County
  • Humboldt County
  • Pershing 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bailey) 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 Bailey, 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.
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