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Nearest Communities to Kaolin,
Listed County-By-County

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

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


Although our information shows that the community of Kaolin is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Clark County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clark County: Mohave (AZ), Inyo (CA), San Bernardino (CA), Lincoln & Nye.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kaolin. Of these communities, 2 are located in counties other than Clark 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 Kaolin (which is Clark 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 Kaolin

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

  • Clark County   (where Kaolin resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Las Vegas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kaolin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kaolin.
      • Lost City ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Lost City is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
      • Overton
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Thomas is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Glassand
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Glassand is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassand
      • Old Overton ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Old Overton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Overton
      • Saint Joseph ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Saint Joseph is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
      • Simonsville ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Simonsville is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville
        • Simonsville has also been known as:
        • Simonville
      • Moapa Valley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Moapa Valley is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moapa Valley
      • Logandale
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver City ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Silver City is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Amber ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Amber is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
      • Stewarts Point
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Stewarts Point is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewarts Point
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Jackman
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Jackman is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman
        • Arrowhead
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Arrowhead is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
        • Glendale
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Glendale is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
        • Hupton ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Hupton is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hupton
        • Old California Crossing
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Echo Bay
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Echo Bay is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Bay
        • Moapa Town
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Moapa Town is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moapa Town
        • Moapa
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • West Point ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • West Point is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
        • Copper City ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Copper City is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
        • Ute
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Ute is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ute
        • Riverside
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Riverside is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
        • Gold Butte ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Gold Butte is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Butte
        • Crystal ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Crystal is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
        • Bunkerville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Farrier
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Farrier is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrier
        • Rioville ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Rioville is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rioville
        • Dry Lake
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Dry Lake is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Lake
        • West End ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • West End is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
        • Garnet
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Garnet is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
        • Mesquite
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Arrolime
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Arrolime is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrolime
  • Lincoln County
  • Mohave County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kaolin) 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 Kaolin, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.