Nearest Communities to Iron Point,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Iron Point, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Iron Point:
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 from Iron Point.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Iron Point is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Iron Point. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Humboldt 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 Iron Point (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 Iron Point
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Humboldt County (where Iron Point resides)
- County Website: https://hcnv.us/
- County Seat for Humboldt: Winnemucca
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Iron Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Iron Point.
- Red House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red House is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Comus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Comus is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comus
- Herrin ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Herrin is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin
- Knight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knight is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight
- Preble ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Preble is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preble
- Ellison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellison is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison
- Golconda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Valmy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Adelaide ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adelaide is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaide
- Gold Run ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Run is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Run
- Getchell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Getchell is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getchell
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bliss is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Tule
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tule is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tule
- Weso
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Weso is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weso
- Kelly Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kelly Creek is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Creek
- Winnemucca
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Willow Point ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Point is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Krum ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Krum is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum
- Elko County
- County Website: https://elkocountynv.net/
- County Seat for Elko: Elko
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Iron Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Iron Point.
- Fairlawn ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Summit ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Lander County
- County Website: https://www.landercountynv.org/
- County Seat for Lander: Battle Mountain
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Iron Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Iron Point.
- Piute ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Piute is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute
- Dewitt Mill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dewitt Mill is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Mill
- Buckingham Camp ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buckingham Camp is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Camp
- North Battle Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Battle Mountain ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Battle Mountain is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Battle Mountain
- Copper Basin ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Copper Basin is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Basin
- Rennox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rennox is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennox
- Blanco ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blanco is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Galena ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Galena is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Telluride ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Telluride is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
- Battle Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
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- Iron Point) 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 Iron Point, 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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