Nearest Communities to Gold Bar,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Gold Bar, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Gold Bar:
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 Gold Bar.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Gold Bar is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Nye County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nye County: Inyo (CA), Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral & White Pine.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gold Bar. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Nye 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 Gold Bar (which is Nye 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 Gold Bar
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Nye County (where Gold Bar resides)
- County Website: https://www.nyecountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Nye: Tonopah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gold Bar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gold Bar.
- Original ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Original is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Original
- Bullfrog ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bullfrog is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullfrog
- Rhyolite ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rhyolite is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhyolite
- Beatty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gold Center ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Center is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Center
- Hot Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hot Springs is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Fluorine ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fluorine is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluorine
- Carrara ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carrara is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrara
- Ashton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Carrs Camp ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Carrs Camp is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrs Camp
- Clarkdale ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clarkdale is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Farmer Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Farmer Station is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer Station
- Bonnie Claire ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bonnie Claire is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Claire
- Roses Well ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Roses Well is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Well
- Tolicha ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tolicha is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolicha
- Scottys Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Scottys Junction is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottys Junction
- Leeland ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leeland is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeland
- Inyo County
- County Website: https://www.inyocounty.us/
- County Seat for Inyo: Independence (CA)
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gold Bar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gold Bar.
- Leadfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leadfield is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadfield
- Chloride City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chloride City is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride City
- Beatty Junction ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beatty Junction is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Junction
- Stovepipe Wells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stovepipe Wells is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovepipe Wells
- Park Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Park Village is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
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 from Point A (ie- Gold Bar) 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 Gold Bar, 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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