Nearest Communities to Bliss,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bliss, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bliss:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Bliss 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 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bliss. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Humboldt 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 Bliss (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 Bliss
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Humboldt County (where Bliss resides)
- County Website: https://hcnv.us/
- County Seat for Humboldt: Winnemucca
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bliss ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bliss.
- Tule
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tule is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tule
- Weso
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Weso is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weso
- Winnemucca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Golconda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Preble ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Preble is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
- Comus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Comus is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comus
- Krum ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Krum is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum
- Laurel ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Laurel is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Willow Point ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Willow Point is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Adelaide ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Adelaide is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaide
- Barrett Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Barrett Springs is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Springs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gold Run ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gold Run is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Run
- Paradise Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Paradise Hill is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Rose Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Creek is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek
- Iron Point ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Iron Point is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Point
- Red House
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Red House is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Raglan ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raglan is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raglan
- Getchell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Getchell is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getchell
- Herrin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Herrin is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin
- Daveytown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Daveytown is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daveytown
- Pronto ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pronto is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pronto
- Knight
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Knight is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight
- Amos ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amos is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
- Ellison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellison is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison
- Valmy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pershing County
- County Website: https://pershingcounty.net/
- County Seat for Pershing: Lovelock
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bliss ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bliss.
- Dun Glen ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dun Glen is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dun Glen
- Bonnie Briar ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnie Briar is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Briar
- Cosgrave ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cosgrave is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosgrave
- Raspberry Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Raspberry Creek is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raspberry Creek
- Neptune City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neptune City is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
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- Bliss) 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 Bliss, 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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