Nearest Communities to Owyhee,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Owyhee, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Owyhee:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Please note 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.
Owyhee 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 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Owyhee. Of these communities, 12 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 Owyhee (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 Owyhee
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Elko County (where Owyhee resides)
- County Website: https://elkocountynv.net/
- County Seat for Elko: Elko
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Owyhee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Owyhee.
- Number One Settlement
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patsville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patsville is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patsville
- Rio Tinto ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Rock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Excelsior ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Excelsior is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Columbia ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Columbia is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Echo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Echo is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Point of Rocks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Point of Rocks is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Rocks
- Bueasta ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bueasta is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bueasta
- Rowland ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rowland is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Island Mountain ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Island Mountain is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Mountain
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Deep Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Williams Cabin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cabin is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cabin
- Bruno City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bruno City is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno City
- Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Owyhee County
- County Website: https://owyheecounty.net/
- County Seat for Owyhee: Murphy (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Owyhee ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Owyhee.
- Miller Creek Settlement
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dew Drop Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dew Drop Place is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew Drop Place
- China Hat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- China Hat is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hat
- Dickens Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dickens Place is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens Place
- Riddle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Three Forks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Three Forks is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Frost Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Frost Place is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Place
- Tindall ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tindall is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindall
- Dans Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dans Place is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dans Place
- Bengoechea Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bengoechea Place is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengoechea Place
- James Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- James Place is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Place
- Four Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Four Corners is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
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 from Point A (ie- Owyhee) 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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