Nearest Communities to Helene,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Helene, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Helene:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Helene.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Helene is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lincoln County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Mohave (AZ), Clark, Nye, White Pine, Beaver (UT), Iron (UT), Millard (UT) & Washington (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Helene.
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 Helene (which is Lincoln 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 Helene
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lincoln County (where Helene resides)
- County Website: https://lincolncountynv.org/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Pioche
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Helene ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Helene.
- Delamar ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Delamar is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delamar
- Ferguson ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ferguson is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Stine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stine is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stine
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Etna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Kershaw ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kershaw is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
- Elgin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elgin is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Caliente
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Strawberry Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Strawberry Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Hill
- Indian Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Cove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
- Yoacham ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yoacham is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoacham
- Kyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kyle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Eccles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eccles is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eccles
- Kiernan ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kiernan is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiernan
- Alamo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ash Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ash Springs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Springs
- Islen ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Islen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islen
- Crystal Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crystal Springs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Hiko
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cold Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Viola ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Barclay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Barclay is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Crossroads has also been known as:
- Crossroad
- Carp ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carp is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp
- Former name for Carp:
- Cliffdale
- Joseco ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Joseco is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseco
- Bullionville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bullionville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullionville
- Panaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Helene) 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 Helene, 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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