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Nearest Communities to Dry Creek,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Dry Creek, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Dry Creek:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Dry Creek 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 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dry Creek. Of these communities, 2 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 Dry Creek (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 Dry Creek

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Elko County   (where Dry Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://elkocountynv.net/
    • County Seat for Elko:   Elko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dry Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dry Creek.
      • Jiggs
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lee ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Lee is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
      • Ruby Valley
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rock House
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Rock House is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House
      • Huntington ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Coral Hill ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Coral Hill is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
      • Brennen Ranch
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Brennen Ranch is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennen Ranch
      • Schley ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Schley is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
      • Cottonwood ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Cottonwood is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Cave Creek
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Valley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Spring Creek
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Shanty Town
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Shanty Town is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
        • Bullion ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Highland ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Highland is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
        • Old Bullion
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Old Bullion is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bullion
        • Lamoille
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Fair Play ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Fair Play is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
        • Sherman ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Sherman is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
        • Voight ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Voight is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voight
        • Hunter ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Moleen
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Ballous Addition
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Ballous Addition is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballous Addition
        • Tonka
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Tonka is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka
        • Elko
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Elko Colony
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Elko Colony is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko Colony
        • Vivian
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Vivian is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
        • Coin ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • White Pine County

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- Dry Creek) 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 Dry Creek, 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.