Nearest Communities to Fish Lake,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Fish Lake, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Fish Lake:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 from Fish Lake.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Fish Lake is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Esmeralda County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Esmeralda County: Inyo (CA), Mono (CA), Mineral & Nye.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fish Lake. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Esmeralda 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 Fish Lake (which is Esmeralda 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 Fish Lake
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Esmeralda County (where Fish Lake resides)
- County Website: https://www.accessesmeralda.com/
- County Seat for Esmeralda: Goldfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fish Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fish Lake.
- The Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Crossing is also located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Crossing
- Arlemont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arlemont was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlemont
- Calmville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Calmville was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmville
- Coyote Hole
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coyote Hole is also located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Hole
- Coaldale ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coaldale was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Coaldale has also been known as:
- Coaldale Junction
- Blair Junction ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blair Junction was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Junction
- Stimler ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stimler was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimler
- Alum ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alum was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
- Nivloc ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nivloc was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nivloc
- Dyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Columbus was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Blair ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blair was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
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- Argentum ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Argentum was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentum
- Silver Peak
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Peak is also located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Peak
- Gold Hit
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gold Hit is also located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hit
- Oneota ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oneota was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneota
- Barrel Spring ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barrel Spring was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrel Spring
- McLeans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- McLeans is also located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLeans
- Weepah ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Weepah was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weepah
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Camp Harding ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Camp Harding was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Harding
- Gilbert ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert was located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Mineral County
- County Website: https://mineralcountynv.us/
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fish Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fish Lake.
- Basalt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Basalt is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
- Metallic City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Metallic City was located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metallic City
- Metallic City has also been known as:
- Pickhandle Gulch
- Candelaria ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Candelaria was located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria
- Bley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bley was located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bley
- Mount Montgomery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Montgomery is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Montgomery
- Candelaria Junction ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Candelaria Junction was located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria Junction
- Belleville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belleville was located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Tonopah Junction ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tonopah Junction was located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonopah Junction
- Rhodes ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rhodes was located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Mono County
- County Website: https://www.monocounty.ca.gov/
- County Seat for Mono: Bridgeport (CA)
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fish Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fish Lake.
- Montgomery City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Montgomery City was located in Mono County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery City
- Hammil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hammil is located in Mono County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammil
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fish Lake) 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 Fish Lake, 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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