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Nearest Communities to Jiggs,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Jiggs is located in 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 Jiggs. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Elko County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Jiggs (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 Jiggs

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

  • Elko County   (where Jiggs resides)
    • County Website:   https://elkocountynv.net/
    • County Seat for Elko:   Elko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jiggs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jiggs.
      • Dry Creek ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lee ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Lee was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
      • Huntington ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Ruby Valley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Rock House
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Rock House is also located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House
      • Coral Hill ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Coral Hill was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
      • Brennen Ranch
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Brennen Ranch is also located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennen Ranch
      • Cottonwood ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Cottonwood was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Old Bullion
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Old Bullion is also located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bullion
      • Cave Creek
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Bullion ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Highland ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Highland was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Schley ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Schley was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
        • Sherman ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Sherman was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
        • Shanty Town
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Shanty Town is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
        • Pleasant Valley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Pleasant Valley is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
        • Spring Creek
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Lamoille
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Fair Play ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Fair Play was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
        • Hunter ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Voight ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Voight was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voight
        • Moleen
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Tonka
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Tonka is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka
        • Ballous Addition
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Ballous Addition is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballous Addition
        • Elko
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Elko Colony
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Elko Colony is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko Colony
        • Vivian
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Vivian is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
        • Carlin
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Tyrol
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Tyrol is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrol
  • Eureka County
  • White Pine County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jiggs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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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