Nearest Communities to Darwin,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Darwin, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Darwin:
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 Darwin is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lyon County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lyon County: Mono (CA), Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Mineral, Storey & Washoe.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Darwin. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Lyon 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 Darwin (which is Lyon 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 Darwin
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lyon County (where Darwin resides)
- County Website: https://lyon-county.org/
- County Seat for Lyon: Yerington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Darwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Darwin.
- Argo ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Argo is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Fernley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Talapoosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Talapoosa is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talapoosa
- Nevada Station ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Station
- Ramsey Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Station
- Ramsey ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Stagecoach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bucklands Station ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bucklands Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklands Station
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- Marshland ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marshland is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Weeks ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Weeks is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks
- Davis Station ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Churchill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Churchill is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Thompson ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Churchill County
- County Website: https://www.churchillcountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Churchill: Fallon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Darwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Darwin.
- Hazen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Massie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Massie is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massie
- Lahontan City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Diatom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Northam ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Northam is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northam
- Willowtown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willowtown is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowtown
- Leete ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leete is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leete
- Leeteville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leeteville is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeteville
- Ragtown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair Station ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair Station is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Station
- Fillmore ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Fallon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Island City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Parran
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parran is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
- Nevada City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nevada City is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
- Huxley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hill is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Jessup ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ocala
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ocala is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
- Trinity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Pershing County
- County Website: https://pershingcounty.net/
- County Seat for Pershing: Lovelock
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Darwin ...
- Nightingale ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Storey County
- County Website: https://storeycounty.org/
- County Seat for Storey: Virginia City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Darwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Darwin.
- Gilpin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gilpin is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Thisby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mustang Ranch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mustang Ranch is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ranch
- Lockwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mark Twain Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mark Twain Estates is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Twain Estates
- Washoe County
- County Website: https://washoecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Washoe: Reno
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Darwin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Darwin.
- Lower Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lower Crossing is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Crossing
- Wadsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dodge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Roderick ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Roderick is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderick
- Fort Defiance ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Olinghouse ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Olinghouse is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinghouse
- Clarks ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clarks is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
- Nixon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Patrick is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Hafed
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hafed is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hafed
- Mustang
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mustang is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Darwin) 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 Darwin, 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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