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Nearest Communities to Farrell,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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 Farrell is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Pershing County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pershing County: Churchill, Humboldt, Lander & Washoe.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Farrell. Of these communities, 1 are located in counties other than Pershing 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 Farrell (which is Pershing 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 Farrell

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

  • Pershing County   (where Farrell resides)
    • County Website:   https://pershingcounty.net/
    • County Seat for Pershing:   Lovelock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Farrell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Farrell.
      • Seven Troughs ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Seven Troughs was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Troughs
      • Mazuma ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Mazuma was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazuma
      • Tunnel Camp ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Tunnel Camp was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Camp
      • Vernon ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Vernon was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
      • Placerites ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Placerites was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerites
      • Poker Brown ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Poker Brown was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Brown
        • Poker Brown has also been known as:
        • Poker Brown Camp
      • Scossa
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Scossa is also located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scossa
      • Goldbud ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Goldbud was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldbud
      • Rosebud ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Rosebud was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
      • Clarksville ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Clarksville was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
      • Arabia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Arabia is also located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabia
      • Rye Patch
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Rye Patch is also located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Patch
      • Continue List   (18 more) ...
        • Torreytown ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Torreytown was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torreytown
        • Zola ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Zola was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zola
        • Humboldt House
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Humboldt House is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt House
        • Humboldt
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Humboldt is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
        • Twain
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Twain is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twain
        • Oreana ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Oreana was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreana
        • Sanborn ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Sanborn was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
        • Woolsey ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Woolsey was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
        • Colado ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Colado was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colado
        • Kodak
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Kodak is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
        • Humboldt City ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Humboldt City was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt City
        • Trego
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Trego is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trego
        • Lovelock
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Lovelock is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovelock <4>
        • Loring ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Loring was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
        • Lima ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Lima was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
        • Perth
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Perth is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
        • Star City ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Star City was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
        • Granite Point ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Granite Point was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Point
  • Humboldt County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farrell) 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 Farrell, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.