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Nearest Communities to Elko,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Please note 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.

Elko is located in Elko County and is the County Seat.

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 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elko. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Elko County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Elko (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 Elko

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

  • Elko County   (where Elko resides)
    • County Website:   https://elkocountynv.net/
    • County Seat for Elko:   Elko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elko   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elko.
      • Elko Colony
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Elko Colony is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko Colony
      • Ballous Addition
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Ballous Addition is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballous Addition
      • Coin ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Osino
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Osino is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osino
      • Hunter ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ryndon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Ryndon is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryndon
      • Spring Creek
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Moleen
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Coral Hill ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Coral Hill is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
      • Elburz
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Elburz is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elburz
      • Cottonwood ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Cottonwood is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Pleasant Valley
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Tonka
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Tonka is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka
        • Brennen Ranch
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Brennen Ranch is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennen Ranch
        • Vivian
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Vivian is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
        • Fort Halleck ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Lamoille
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Voight ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Voight is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voight
        • Dinner Station ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Dinner Station is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinner Station
        • Halleck ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Carlin
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Beaver ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Beaver is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
        • Lee ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Lee is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
        • Tyrol
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Tyrol is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrol
        • Old Bullion
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Old Bullion is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bullion
        • Bullion ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Highland ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Highland is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
        • Dry Creek ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Jiggs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Secret ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Secret is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret
        • Arthur ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Arthur is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
        • Deeth
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Fair Play ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Fair Play is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
        • Schley ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Schley is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
  • Eureka County

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- Elko) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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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