Nearest Communities to Cottonwood,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cottonwood, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cottonwood:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Cottonwood.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Cottonwood is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Elko County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Elko County: Cassia (ID), Owyhee (ID), Twin Falls (ID), Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine, Box Elder (UT) & Tooele (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cottonwood. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Elko 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 Cottonwood (which is Elko 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 Cottonwood
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Elko County (where Cottonwood resides)
- County Website: https://elkocountynv.net/
- County Seat for Elko: Elko
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood.
- Coral Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hunter was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Moleen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moleen is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
- Tonka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tonka is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka
- Old Bullion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Bullion is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bullion
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bullion was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Highland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Vivian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vivian is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
- Carlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lee was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Ballous Addition
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ballous Addition is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballous Addition
- Elko Colony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elko Colony is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko Colony
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Elko
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elko is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,531 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <4>
- Tyrol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tyrol is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrol
- Brennen Ranch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brennen Ranch is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennen Ranch
- Spring Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jiggs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jiggs is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Dry Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Pleasant Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Coin ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coin was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Lamoille
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Osino
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Osino is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osino
- Voight ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Voight was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voight
- Ryndon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ryndon is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryndon
- Huntington ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Elburz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elburz is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elburz
- Rock House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rock House is also located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House
- Schley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Schley was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
- Ruby Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Halleck ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Halleck was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Halleck
- Halleck ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halleck was located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
- Eureka County
- County Website: https://www.eurekacountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Eureka: Eureka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood.
- Palisade ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Palisade was located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Thomas Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Place is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Place
- Gerald ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gerald was located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Barth ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barth was located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barth
- Primeaux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Primeaux is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primeaux
- Cluro ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cluro was located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluro
- Harney ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harney was located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Goldville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goldville was located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Leeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leeville is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
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- Cottonwood) 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 Cottonwood, 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |