Nearest Communities to Jamestown,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Jamestown, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Jamestown:
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 Jamestown is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Nye County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nye County: Inyo (CA), Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral & White Pine.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Jamestown. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Nye 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 Jamestown (which is Nye 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 Jamestown
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Nye County (where Jamestown resides)
- County Website: www.co.nye.nv.us/
- County Seat for Nye: Tonopah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- Nearest Communities to Jamestown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Jamestown.
- Antelope Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Springs
- Antelope Springs is located in Nye County
- Mellan ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Tolicha ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Carrs Camp ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrs Camp
- Carrs Camp is located in Nye County
- Clarkdale ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Ralston ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Scottys Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottys Junction
- Scottys Junction is located in Nye County
- Farmer Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmer Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer Station
- Farmer Station is located in Nye County
- Silverbow ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Bonnie Claire ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Claire have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Claire
- Bonnie Claire is located in Nye County
- Esmeralda County
- County Seat for Esmeralda: Goldfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- Nearest Communities to Jamestown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Jamestown.
- Forks Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks Station
- Forks Station is located in Esmeralda County
- Cuprite ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Florence Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hill
- Florence Hill is located in Esmeralda County
- Jumbotown ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Columbia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Goldfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
- Goldfield is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldfield <5>
- West Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring
- West Spring is located in Esmeralda County
- Tokop ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
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- Jamestown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jamestown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5410, Longitude: -116.7837 In this case, the coordinates for Jamestown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Jamestown, 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |