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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting 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 Website: https://www.accessesmeralda.com/
- County Seat for Esmeralda: Goldfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Columbus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Columbus.
- Argentum ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Argentum is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentum
- Calmville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calmville is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmville
- Coaldale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coaldale is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Coaldale has also been known as:
- Coaldale Junction
- Blair Junction ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blair Junction is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Junction
- The Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- The Crossing is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Crossing
- Fish Lake ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fish Lake is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
- Gilbert ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gold Hit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hit is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hit
- Oneota ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oneota is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
- McLeans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- McLeans is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLeans
- Arlemont ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arlemont is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlemont
- Alum ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Alum is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
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- Coyote Hole
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coyote Hole is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Hole
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alpine is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Barrel Spring ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barrel Spring is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrel Spring
- Stimler ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stimler is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimler
- Weepah ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weepah is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weepah
- Blair ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blair is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Camp Harding ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Camp Harding is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Harding
- Millers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Millers is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers
- Dyer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nivloc ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nivloc is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nivloc
- Mineral County
- County Website: https://mineralcountynv.us/
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Columbus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Columbus.
- Metallic City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Metallic City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metallic City
- Metallic City has also been known as:
- Pickhandle Gulch
- Candelaria ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Candelaria is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria
- Candelaria Junction ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Candelaria Junction is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria Junction
- Tonopah Junction ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tonopah Junction is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonopah Junction
- Belleville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belleville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Rhodes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rhodes is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Basalt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Basalt is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
- Sodaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sodaville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
- Bley ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bley is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bley
- Camp Douglas ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Douglas is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Mount Montgomery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Montgomery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Montgomery
- Mina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Marietta ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marietta is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- New Boston ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Boston is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Luning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Qualeys Camp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Qualeys Camp is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualeys Camp
- Mono County
- County Website: https://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 ...
- Nearest Communities to Columbus ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Columbus.
- Montgomery City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery City is located in Mono County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery City
- Pizona ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pizona is located in Mono County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizona
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Columbus) 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 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. |
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