Nearest Communities to Granite,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Granite, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Granite:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Granite is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Mineral County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mineral County: Mono (CA), Churchill, Esmeralda, Lyon & Nye.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Granite. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Mineral 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 Granite (which is Mineral 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 Granite
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Mineral County (where Granite resides)
- County Website: https://mineralcountynv.us/
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Granite ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
- Mountain View ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Schurz
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reservation ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reservation is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservation
- Loma ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Loma is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
- Copper Run ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Copper Run is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Run
- Copper Hill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Copper Hill is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Copper Hill has also been known as:
- Copperhill
- Avalon ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Rand ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rand is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
- Walker Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Walker Lake is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Lake
- Dutch Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dutch Creek is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Creek
- Montelle ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Montelle is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montelle
- Buckley Camp ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buckley Camp is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley Camp
- Rawhide ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rawhide is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Thorne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thorne is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorne
- Churchill County
- County Website: https://www.churchillcountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Churchill: Fallon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Granite ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Island City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Minden
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Granite ...
- Buckskin ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Buckskin is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Lyon County
- County Website: https://lyon-county.org/
- County Seat for Lyon: Yerington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Granite ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
- Yerington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Greenville is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Mason
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mason is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Lux
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lux is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Nordyke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nordyke is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordyke
- Weed Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Weed Heights is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Heights
- Campbell Ranch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell Ranch is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Ranch
- Tippecanoe ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tippecanoe is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe
- Wabuska
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wabuska is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabuska
- Thompson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Ludwig ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ludwig is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig
- Cambridge ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
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- Hudson ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Wellington Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wellington Springs is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Springs
- Pine Grove ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Artesia ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Artesia is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Smith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Station ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Station
- Simpson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Simpson is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Walker River ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walker River is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker River
- Bucklands Station ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bucklands Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklands Station
- Churchill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Marshland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marshland is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Weeks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weeks is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks
- Wichman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wichman is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichman
- Hoye ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoye is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoye
- Wellington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Churchill is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Churchill
- Sulfur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sulfur is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulfur
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Granite) 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 Granite, 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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