Nearest Communities to Highland,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Highland, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Highland:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Highland.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Highland is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Elko County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Elko County: Cassia (ID), Owyhee (ID), Twin Falls (ID), Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine, Box Elder (UT) & Tooele (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Highland. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Elko 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 Highland (which is Elko 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 Highland
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Elko County (where Highland resides)
- County Website: https://elkocountynv.net/
- County Seat for Elko: Elko
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Highland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Highland.
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bullion is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Old Bullion
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Bullion is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bullion
- Cottonwood ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Tyrol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrol is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrol
- Tonka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tonka is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka
- Vivian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vivian is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
- Carlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moleen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Moleen is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moleen
- Coral Hill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coral Hill is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hunter is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Jiggs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jiggs is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Former names for Jiggs:
- Hylton
- Mound Valley
- Skelton
- Dry Creek ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dry Creek is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
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- Lee ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lee is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Huntington ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Ballous Addition
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ballous Addition is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballous Addition
- Brennen Ranch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brennen Ranch is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennen Ranch
- Elko
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elko Colony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elko Colony is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko Colony
- Spring Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Coin ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coin is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Ruby Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lamoille
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka County
- County Website: https://www.eurekacountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Eureka: Eureka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Highland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Highland.
- Palisade ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palisade is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisade
- Thomas Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Thomas Place is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Place
- Gerald ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gerald is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Barth ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Barth is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barth
- Cluro ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cluro is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluro
- Harney ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harney is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Primeaux
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Primeaux is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primeaux
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackburn is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Mineral Hill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral Hill is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Beowawe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunphy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunphy is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunphy
- Shannon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highland) 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 Highland, 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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