Nearest Communities to Corwin,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Corwin, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Corwin:
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.
Keep in mind 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 Corwin is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Eureka County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Eureka County: Elko, Lander, Nye & White Pine.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Corwin. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Eureka 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 Corwin (which is Eureka 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 Corwin
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Eureka County (where Corwin resides)
- County Website: https://www.eurekacountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Eureka: Eureka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Corwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Corwin.
- Birch ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Birch is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Romano ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Romano is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romano
- Mineral Hill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Hill is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
- White ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- White is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Alpha ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Shannon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shannon is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Diamond City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Diamond City is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blackburn is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Tonkin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tonkin is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonkin
- Elko County
- County Website: https://elkocountynv.net/
- County Seat for Elko: Elko
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Corwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Corwin.
- Sherman ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Huntington ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Shanty Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shanty Town is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Cave Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cave Creek is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Cave Creek has also been known as:
- Cavecreek
- Jiggs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jiggs is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Former names for Jiggs:
- Hylton
- Mound Valley
- Skelton
- White Pine County
- County Website: https://whitepinecounty.net/
- County Seat for White Pine: Ely
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Corwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Corwin.
- Simonsen ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Simonsen is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsen
- Fort Ruby ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fort Ruby is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ruby
- Fort Ruby has also been known as:
- Camp Ruby
- Hobson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hobson is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
- Joy ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Joy is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Strawberry ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Strawberry is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
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 from Point A (ie- Corwin) 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 Corwin, 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. |