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

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Dutch Creek is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Mineral County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mineral County: Mono (CA), Churchill, Esmeralda, Lyon & Nye.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dutch Creek. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Mineral 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 Dutch Creek (which is Mineral 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 Dutch Creek

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

  • Mineral County   (where Dutch Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://mineralcountynv.us/
    • County Seat for Mineral:   Hawthorne
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dutch Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dutch Creek.
      • Walker Lake
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Walker Lake is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Lake
      • Montelle ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Montelle is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montelle
      • Schweer Housing Area
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Schweer Housing Area is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schweer Housing Area
      • Avalon ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Avalon is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
      • Babbitt ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Babbitt is located in Mineral County
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      • Thorne
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Thorne is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorne
      • Rand ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Rand is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
      • Coryville ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Coryville is located in Mineral County
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      • Hawthorne
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lucky Boy ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Lucky Boy is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Boy
      • Copper Hill ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Copper Hill is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
        • Copper Hill has also been known as:
        • Copperhill
      • Buckley Camp ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Buckley Camp is located in Mineral County
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      • Continue List   (18 more) ...
        • Copper Run ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Copper Run is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Run
        • Copperfield ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Copperfield is located in Mineral County
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        • Fletcher
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Fletcher is located in Mineral County
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        • Jaggersville
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Jaggersville is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaggersville
        • Whiskey Spring ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Whiskey Spring is located in Mineral County
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        • Schurz
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Bovard ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Bovard is located in Mineral County
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        • Granite ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Granite is located in Mineral County
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        • Esmeralda ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
        • Kinkaid
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Kinkaid is located in Mineral County
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          • Kinkaid has also been known as:
          • Acme
          • Kinkead
        • Midway ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Midway is located in Mineral County
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        • Mountain View ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Mountain View is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
        • Aurora ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Aurora is located in Mineral County
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        • Del Monte ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Del Monte is located in Mineral County
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        • Qualeys Camp
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Qualeys Camp is located in Mineral County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualeys Camp
        • Garfield ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Garfield is located in Mineral County
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        • Loma ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Loma is located in Mineral County
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        • Reservation ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Reservation is located in Mineral County
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  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   https://lyon-county.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Yerington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dutch Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dutch Creek.
      • Wichman
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Wichman is located in Lyon County
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      • Cambridge ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Cambridge is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Elbow Stage Station ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Elbow Stage Station is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Stage Station
      • Pine Grove ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Pine Grove is located in Lyon County
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      • Wellington Springs
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Wellington Springs is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Springs
      • Sweetwater ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Sweetwater is located in Lyon County
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      • Sulfur
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Sulfur is located in Lyon County
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      • Tippecanoe ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Tippecanoe is located in Lyon County
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      • Nordyke
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Nordyke is located in Lyon County
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  • 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 Dutch Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dutch Creek.
      • Lower Town
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Lower Town is located in Mono County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
      • Masonic ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Masonic is located in Mono County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic
      • Upper Town ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Upper Town is located in Mono County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Town
      • Chemung Mine ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Chemung Mine is located in Mono County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung Mine

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- Dutch 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 Dutch 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.
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