Nearest Communities to Getchell,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Getchell, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Getchell:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Getchell is located in Humboldt County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Humboldt County: Owyhee (ID), Elko, Lander, Pershing, Washoe, Harney (OR) & Malheur (OR).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Getchell. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Humboldt 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 Getchell (which is Humboldt 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 Getchell
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Humboldt County (where Getchell resides)
- County Website: www.humboldt-county-nv.net/
- County Seat for Humboldt: Winnemucca
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Humboldt County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Humboldt County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Humboldt County
- Nearest Communities to Getchell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Getchell.
- Kelly Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Creek
- Kelly Creek is located in Humboldt County
- Comus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Red House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Iron Point ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Point
- Iron Point is located in Humboldt County
- Preble ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Willow Point ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Willow Point is located in Humboldt County
- Golconda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golconda
- Golconda is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golconda <5>
- Herrin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Knight
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Bliss ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Queen City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Queen City is located in Humboldt County
- Paradise Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Paradise Valley is located in Humboldt County
- Former name for Paradise Valley:
- Paradise City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradise Valley <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Paradise Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Paradise Hill is located in Humboldt County
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Tule
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tule
- Tule is located in Humboldt County
- Gouge Eye ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Ellison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Weso
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Spring City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Spring City is located in Humboldt County
- Winnemucca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnemucca
- Winnemucca is located in Humboldt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,801 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnemucca <5>
- Valmy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmy
- Valmy is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valmy <5>
- Gold Run ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Hill
- Elko County
- 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 Getchell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Getchell.
- Summit ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Midas
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midas
- Midas is located in Elko County
- Fairlawn ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Dutton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Scraper Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scraper Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scraper Springs
- Scraper Springs is located in Elko County
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- Getchell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Getchell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2180, Longitude: -117.2551 In this case, the coordinates for Getchell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
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