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Nearest Communities to Islen,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Islen, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Islen:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Islen.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Islen 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 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Islen. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Islen (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 Islen

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Lincoln County   (where Islen resides)
    • County Website:   https://lincolncountynv.org/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Pioche
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Islen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Islen.
      • Barclay
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Crossroads
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
        • Crossroads has also been known as:
        • Crossroad
      • Joseco ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Acoma ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Eccles
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Eccles is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eccles
      • Brown ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Brown is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
      • Caliente
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Kershaw ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Kershaw is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
      • Indian Cove
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Indian Cove is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
      • Strawberry Hill
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Strawberry Hill is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Hill
      • Yoacham ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Yoacham is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoacham
      • Etna
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Etna is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
      • Continue List   (28 more) ...
        • Crestline ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Boyd ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Stine
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Stine is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stine
        • Horseshoe Bend
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Horseshoe Bend is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
        • Cold Spring
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Cold Spring is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
        • Elgin ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Kyle
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Kyle is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
        • Ninemile Rocks
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Ninemile Rocks is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile Rocks
        • Panaca
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Viola ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Viola is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
        • Kiernan ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Kiernan is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiernan
        • Bullionville ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Delmues ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Delmues is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmues
        • Delamar ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Delamar is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delamar
        • Ferguson ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Ferguson is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
        • Flat Nose
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Flat Nose is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Nose
        • Helene ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Helene is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helene
        • Prince ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Princeton ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Princeton is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
        • Caselton Heights
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Caselton Heights is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caselton Heights
        • Caselton ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Caselton is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caselton
        • Pioche
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Rose Valley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Rose Valley is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
        • Big Trees
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Big Trees is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
        • Fay ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Highland ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Highland is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
        • Deer Lodge ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Carp ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Iron County
  • Washington County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Islen) 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 Islen, 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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