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Nearest Communities to Excelsior,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 from Excelsior.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Excelsior 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 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Excelsior. Of these communities, 3 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 Excelsior (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 Excelsior

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

  • Elko County   (where Excelsior resides)
    • County Website:   https://elkocountynv.net/
    • County Seat for Elko:   Elko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Excelsior   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Excelsior.
      • Echo
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Echo is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • White Rock ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • White Rock is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • Columbia ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Columbia is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Deep Creek ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Deep Creek is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
      • Rio Tinto ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Rio Tinto is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Tinto
      • Patsville ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Patsville is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patsville
      • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Cornucopia is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
      • Mountain City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jack Creek ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Jack Creek is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Creek
      • Jackson ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Jackson is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Anderson ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Anderson is located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
      • Owyhee
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Point of Rocks
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Point of Rocks is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Rocks
        • Number One Settlement
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Island Mountain ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Island Mountain is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Mountain
        • North Fork ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • North Fork is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
        • Good Hope ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Good Hope is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
          • Good Hope has also been known as:
          • Goodhope
        • Williams Cabin
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Williams Cabin is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cabin
        • Tuscarora
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Bueasta ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Bueasta is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bueasta
        • Rowland ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Rowland is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
        • Old Tuscarora ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Old Tuscarora is located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tuscarora
  • Owyhee County
    • County Website:   https://owyheecounty.net/
    • County Seat for Owyhee:   Murphy (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Excelsior   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Excelsior.
      • Dew Drop Place
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Dew Drop Place is located in Owyhee County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew Drop Place
      • Miller Creek Settlement
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • China Hat
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • China Hat is located in Owyhee County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hat

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- Excelsior) 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 Excelsior, 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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