Nearest Communities to Columbus,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Columbus, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Columbus:
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 Columbus.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Columbus is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Esmeralda County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Esmeralda County: Inyo (CA), Mono (CA), Mineral & Nye.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Columbus. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Esmeralda 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 Columbus (which is Esmeralda 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 Columbus
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Esmeralda County (where Columbus resides)
- County Seat for Esmeralda: Goldfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- Nearest Communities to Columbus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Columbus.
- Argentum ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Calmville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Coaldale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Coaldale is located in Esmeralda County
- Coaldale has also been known as:
- Coaldale Junction
- Blair Junction ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blair Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Junction
- Blair Junction is located in Esmeralda County
- The Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Crossing
- The Crossing is located in Esmeralda County
- Fish Lake ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Gilbert ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Gold Hit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Oneota ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - McLeans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Arlemont ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Alum ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (10 more) ...
- Coyote Hole
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyote Hole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Hole
- Coyote Hole is located in Esmeralda County
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Barrel Spring ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barrel Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrel Spring
- Barrel Spring is located in Esmeralda County
- Stimler ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Weepah ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Blair ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Blair is located in Esmeralda County
- Camp Harding ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Harding have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Harding
- Camp Harding is located in Esmeralda County
- Millers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Dyer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Dyer is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <6>
- Nivloc ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nivloc
- Nivloc is located in Esmeralda County
- Coyote Hole
- Mineral County
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Mineral County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Mineral County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Mineral County
- Nearest Communities to Columbus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Columbus.
- Metallic City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Metallic City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metallic City
- Metallic City is located in Mineral County
- Metallic City has also been known as:
- Pickhandle Gulch
- Candelaria ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria
- Candelaria is located in Mineral County
- Candelaria Junction ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Candelaria Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria Junction
- Candelaria Junction is located in Mineral County
- Tonopah Junction ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonopah Junction
- Tonopah Junction is located in Mineral County
- Belleville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Belleville is located in Mineral County
- Rhodes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Basalt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Sodaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Bley ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Camp Douglas ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Camp Douglas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Mineral County
- Mount Montgomery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Montgomery
- Mount Montgomery is located in Mineral County
- Mina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
- Mina is located in Mineral County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mina <6>
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Marietta ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Marietta is located in Mineral County
- New Boston ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- New Boston is located in Mineral County
- Luning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luning
- Luning is located in Mineral County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luning <6>
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Qualeys Camp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Qualeys Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualeys Camp
- Qualeys Camp is located in Mineral County
- Marietta ‑ Historic
- Mono County
- County Website: www.monocounty.ca.gov/
- County Seat for Mono: Bridgeport (CA)
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of California
- Mono County
- From Family Search:
- State of California
- Mono County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of California
- Mono County
- Nearest Communities to Columbus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Columbus.
- Montgomery City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery City
- Montgomery City is located in Mono County (CA)
- Pizona ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Columbus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Columbus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1102, Longitude: -118.0193 In this case, the coordinates for Columbus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Columbus, 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
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