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 northeast 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Elko.<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: www.elkocountynv.net/
- County Seat for Elko: Elko
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Elko County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Elko County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Elko County
- Nearest Communities to Elko ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elko.
- Elko Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elko Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko Colony
- Elko Colony is located in Elko County
- Ballous Addition
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ballous Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballous Addition
- Ballous Addition is located in Elko County
- Coin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Osino
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Hunter ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hunter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Hunter is located in Elko County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Hunter
From Elko to Hunter
- Ryndon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Spring Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spring Creek is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Creek <5>
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Spring Creek
From Elko to Spring Creek
- Moleen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moleen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
- Moleen is located in Elko County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Moleen
From Elko to Moleen
- Coral Hill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coral Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Coral Hill is located in Elko County
- Elburz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Cottonwood ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in Elko County
- Pleasant Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Pleasant Valley is located in Elko County
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- Tonka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Brennen Ranch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brennen Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennen Ranch
- Brennen Ranch is located in Elko County
- Vivian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Fort Halleck ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Halleck
- Fort Halleck is located in Elko County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Fort Halleck
From Elko to Fort Halleck
- Lamoille
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoille
- Lamoille is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamoille <5>
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Lamoille
From Elko to Lamoille
- Voight ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Dinner Station ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dinner Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinner Station
- Dinner Station is located in Elko County
- Halleck ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halleck. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
- Halleck is located in Elko County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Halleck
From Elko to Halleck
- Carlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlin
- Carlin is located in Elko County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlin <5>
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Carlin
From Elko to Carlin
- Beaver ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Lee ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Tyrol
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Old Bullion
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Bullion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bullion
- Old Bullion is located in Elko County
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Bullion is located in Elko County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Bullion
From Elko to Bullion
- Highland ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Dry Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dry Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Dry Creek is located in Elko County
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Dry Creek
From Elko to Dry Creek
- Jiggs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Secret ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east) - Arthur ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Deeth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deeth
- Deeth is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deeth <5>
Google driving directions:
From your current location to Deeth
From Elko to Deeth
- Fair Play ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast) - Schley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tonka
- Eureka County
- County Website: www.co.eureka.nv.us/
- County Seat for Eureka: Eureka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Eureka County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Eureka County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Eureka County
- Nearest Communities to Elko ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elko.
- Palisade ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Goldville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Leeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Gerald ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Primeaux
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elko) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elko. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8387, Longitude: -115.7710 |
| <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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |