Nearest Communities to Island City,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Island City, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Island City:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Island City is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Churchill County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Churchill County: Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing & Washoe.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Island City. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Churchill 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 Island City (which is Churchill 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 Island City
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Churchill County (where Island City resides)
- County Website: https://www.churchillcountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Churchill: Fallon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Island City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Island City.
- Saint Clair
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Fallon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hill is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Nevada City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nevada City is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
- Saint Clair Station ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair Station is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Station
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Salt Wells
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Salt Wells is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Wells
- Leeteville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leeteville is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeteville
- Ragtown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ragtown is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
- Willowtown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willowtown is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowtown
- Northam ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Northam is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northam
- Diatom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Diatom is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diatom
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- Stillwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Lahontan City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lahontan City is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahontan City
- Massie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Massie is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massie
- Hazen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hazen is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Sand Hill Station ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sand Hill Station is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Station
- Sand Springs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Springs is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
- Parran
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Parran is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
- Leete ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leete is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leete
- Frenchman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Frenchman is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchman
- Fillmore ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Lyon County
- County Website: https://lyon-county.org/
- County Seat for Lyon: Yerington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Island City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Island City.
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Darwin is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Silver Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Argo ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Argo is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Davis Station ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Davis Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Station
- Nevada Station ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nevada Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Station
- Marshland ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Marshland is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Lux
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lux is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Bucklands Station ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bucklands Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklands Station
- Talapoosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Talapoosa is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talapoosa
- Weeks ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Weeks is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks
- Fernley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
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- Wabuska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wabuska is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabuska
- Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Churchill is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Churchill
- Churchill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Churchill is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Ramsey Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ramsey Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Station
- Mineral County
- County Website: https://mineralcountynv.us/
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Island City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Island City.
- Loma ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Loma is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
- Reservation ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Reservation is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservation
- Granite ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Mountain View ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Island City) 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 Island City, 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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