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Nearest Communities to Bull Fork,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nye County: Inyo (CA), Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral & White Pine.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bull Fork. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Nye 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 Bull Fork (which is Nye 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 Bull Fork

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

  • Nye County   (where Bull Fork resides)
  • Eureka County
    • County Website:   https://www.eurekacountynv.gov/
    • County Seat for Eureka:   Eureka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bull Fork   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bull Fork.
      • Pinto ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Pinto is located in Eureka County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
      • Vanderbilt ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Vanderbilt is located in Eureka County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderbilt
      • Prospect ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Prospect is located in Eureka County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • White Pine County
    • County Website:   https://whitepinecounty.net/
    • County Seat for White Pine:   Ely
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bull Fork   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bull Fork.
      • Green Springs ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Shermantown ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Shermantown is located in White Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shermantown
      • Babylon ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Babylon is located in White Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babylon
      • Eberhardt ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Menken ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Menken is located in White Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menken
      • Seligman ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Seligman is located in White Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
      • Swansea ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Swansea is located in White Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea
      • Greenville ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Greenville is located in White Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
      • Picotillo ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Picotillo is located in White Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picotillo
      • Pogonip
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Pogonip is located in White Pine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogonip
      • Treasure City ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • White Pine City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • White Pine City is located in White Pine County
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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- Bull Fork) 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 Bull Fork, 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.