Nearest Communities to Royston,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Royston, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Royston:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Royston.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Royston 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 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Royston. Of these communities, 16 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 Royston (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 Royston
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Nye County (where Royston resides)
- County Website: https://www.nyecountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Nye: Tonopah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Royston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Royston.
- Liberty ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Potomic ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Potomic is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomic
- Orizaba ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orizaba is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orizaba
- San Antonio ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- San Antonio is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Former names for San Antonio:
- Bradleys
- San Antonio Station
- San Antonio has also been known as:
- San Atone
- San Antonia
- Cloverdale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Frazier Wells ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Frazier Wells is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Wells
- Indian Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs has also been known as:
- Indian Spring
- Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Elmo is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Tonogold ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tonogold is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonogold
- Peavine ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peavine is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine
- Golden ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Golden is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Tonopah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tonopah is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonopah
- Former name for Tonopah:
- Butler City
- Tonopah has also been known as:
- New Belmont
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tonopah <4>
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- Valley View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Valley View is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
- Maggie Blues ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Maggie Blues is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie Blues
- Central ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Central is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Manhattan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Caps ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Caps is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Caps
- Pactolus ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pactolus is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Esmeralda County
- County Website: https://www.accessesmeralda.com/
- County Seat for Esmeralda: Goldfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Royston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Royston.
- Montezuma Wells
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma Wells is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma Wells
- Millers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Millers is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers
- Gilbert ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- McLeans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McLeans is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLeans
- Barrel Spring ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Barrel Spring is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrel Spring
- Camp Harding ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Camp Harding is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Harding
- Divide ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Divide is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Blair Junction ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blair Junction is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Junction
- Weepah ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Weepah is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weepah
- Coaldale ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coaldale is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Coaldale has also been known as:
- Coaldale Junction
- Alum ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Alum is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
- Gold Reef ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Reef is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Reef
- Argentum ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Argentum is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentum
- Mineral County
- County Website: https://mineralcountynv.us/
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Royston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Royston.
- Simon ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Simon is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simon
- Omco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Omco is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omco
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Royston) 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 Royston, 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. |