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Nearest Communities to Flanigan,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Flanigan.<1>

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

Flanigan is located in Washoe County.

The following 13 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washoe County: Lassen (CA), Modoc (CA), Nevada (CA), Placer (CA), Sierra (CA), Carson City, Churchill, Humboldt, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Harney (OR) & Lake (OR).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Flanigan. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Washoe 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 Flanigan (which is Washoe 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 Flanigan

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

  • Washoe County   (where Flanigan resides)
    • County Website:   https://washoecounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Washoe:   Reno
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Flanigan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Flanigan.
      • Zenobia ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Zenobia is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenobia
      • Sand Pass
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Sand Pass is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Pass
      • Sano
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Sano is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano
      • Sheepshead
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Sheepshead is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead
      • Sutcliffe
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Sutcliffe is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutcliffe
      • Smoke Creek
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Smoke Creek is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Creek
      • Pyramid ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pyramid is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyramid
      • Reynard
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Reynard is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynard
      • Upper Pyramid ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Upper Pyramid is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Pyramid
      • Nashville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Nashville is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
  • Lassen County
    • County Website:   https://co.lassen.ca.us/
    • County Seat for Lassen:   Susanville (CA)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Flanigan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Flanigan.
      • Calneva
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Calneva is located in Lassen County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calneva
      • Stacy
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Stacy is located in Lassen County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
      • Herlong
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Patton Village
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Patton Village is located in Lassen County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Village
      • Doyle
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Omira
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Omira is located in Lassen County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omira
      • Herlong Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Herlong Junction is located in Lassen County (CA)
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      • Wendel
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Scotts
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Scotts is located in Lassen County (CA)
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      • Milford
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Viewland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Viewland is located in Lassen County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewland
      • Hallelujah Junction
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Hallelujah Junction is located in Lassen County (CA)
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        • Reno Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Reno Junction is located in Lassen County (CA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno Junction
        • Chats ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Chats is located in Lassen County (CA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chats
        • Litchfield
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Plumas
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Plumas is located in Lassen County (CA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas
        • Edgemont ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Edgemont is located in Lassen County (CA)
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  • Plumas 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Flanigan) 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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