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Nearest Communities to Platora,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 Platora.<1>

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

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

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Humboldt County: Owyhee (ID), Elko, Lander, Pershing, Washoe, Harney (OR) & Malheur (OR).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 16 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Platora.

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 Platora (which is Humboldt 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 Platora

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

  • Humboldt County   (where Platora resides)
    • County Website:   www.humboldt-county-nv.net/
    • County Seat for Humboldt:   Winnemucca
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platora   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platora.
      • Rebel Creek ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rebel Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel Creek
        • Rebel Creek is located in Humboldt County
      • Orovada
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Canon Creek Station ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canon Creek Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon Creek Station
        • Canon Creek Station is located in Humboldt County
      • National ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for National have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
        • National is located in Humboldt County
      • Spring City ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
        • Spring City is located in Humboldt County
      • Gouge Eye ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gouge Eye. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouge Eye
        • Gouge Eye is located in Humboldt County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Gouge Eye
        • From Platora to Gouge Eye
      • Paradise Valley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cordero
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Amos ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amos. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
        • Amos is located in Humboldt County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Amos
        • From Platora to Amos
      • Queen City ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
        • Queen City is located in Humboldt County
      • McDermitt
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Awakening ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Awakening. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awakening
        • Awakening is located in Humboldt County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Awakening
        • From Platora to Awakening
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Greeley Crossing
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greeley Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley Crossing
          • Greeley Crossing is located in Humboldt County
        • Daveytown ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Paradise Hill
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Willow Point ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
          • Willow Point is located in Humboldt County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Platora) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Platora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6642, Longitude: -117.7576    
<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 Platora, 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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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