Nearest Communities to Elgin,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Elgin, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Elgin:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 Elgin.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Elgin is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lincoln County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Mohave (AZ), Clark, Nye, White Pine, Beaver (UT), Iron (UT), Millard (UT) & Washington (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elgin. Of these communities, 1 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Elgin (which is Lincoln 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 Elgin
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lincoln County (where Elgin resides)
- County Website: www.co.lincoln.nv.us/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Pioche
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Lincoln County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Lincoln County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Lincoln County
- Nearest Communities to Elgin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elgin.
- Kyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Kiernan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Boyd ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Stine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Viola ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Etna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Delamar ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Ferguson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Helene ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Kershaw ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Islen ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Carp ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp
- Carp is located in Lincoln County
- Former name for Carp:
- Cliffdale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Caliente
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caliente
- Caliente is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,077 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caliente <5>
- Strawberry Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Hill
- Strawberry Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Eccles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Barclay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Barclay is located in Lincoln County
- Joseco ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Indian Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
- Indian Cove is located in Lincoln County
- Yoacham ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Crossroads has also been known as:
- Crossroad
- Angle City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angle City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angle City
- Angle City is located in Lincoln County
- Galt
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Acoma ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Cold Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Lincoln County
- Brown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Hoya
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Caliente
- Washington County
- County Website: www.washco.state.ut.us/
- County Seat for Washington: Saint George (UT)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Utah
- Washington County
- From Family Search:
- State of Utah
- Washington County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Utah
- Washington County
- Nearest Communities to Elgin ...
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- Elgin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elgin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3512, Longitude: -114.5352 In this case, the coordinates for Elgin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Elgin, 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |