Nearest Communities to Bracken,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bracken, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bracken:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 from Bracken.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Bracken is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Clark County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clark County: Mohave (AZ), Inyo (CA), San Bernardino (CA), Lincoln & Nye.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bracken.
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 Bracken (which is Clark 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 Bracken
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Clark County (where Bracken resides)
- County Website: https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Clark: Las Vegas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bracken ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bracken.
- Boulder Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Paradise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Las Vegas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Winchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Eastland Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eastland Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastland Heights
- Vegas Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vegas Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vegas Heights
- Hoover City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover City
- Arden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Whitney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
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- Mountain's Edge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain's Edge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain's Edge
- North Las Vegas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summerlin South
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Las Vegas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Las Vegas is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Las Vegas
- Winterwood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winterwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood
- Bard ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hillegas ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hillegas is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillegas
- Stewart ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Sunrise Manor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise Manor is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Manor
- Wann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wann is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wann
- Carver Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Carver Park is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Park
- Henderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Victory Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Victory Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Sloan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Diamond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Jungletown ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jungletown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jungletown
- Lovell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lovell is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
- Bonnie Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bonnie Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Springs
- Dike
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dike is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dike
- Erie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Texas Acres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Texas Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Acres
- Mountain Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mountain Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Apex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apex is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Boulder City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- McKeeversville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- McKeeversville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeeversville
- Junction City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Junction City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Arrolime
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arrolime is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrolime
- Jean
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Goodsprings
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hesse Camp ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hesse Camp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesse Camp
- Hesse Camp has also been known as:
- Hesse's Camp
- Corn Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corn Creek is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek
- Garnet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garnet is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Desert View Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Desert View Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert View Point
- Fort Callville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Callville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Callville
- West End ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West End is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Mount Charleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Borax ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Borax is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
- Root Camp ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Root Camp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Root Camp
- Dry Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Platina ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Platina is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platina
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- Bracken) 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 Bracken, 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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