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Nearest Communities to Silver Peak,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 from Silver Peak.<1>

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


Silver Peak is located in Esmeralda County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Esmeralda County: Inyo (CA), Mono (CA), Mineral & Nye.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Silver Peak. Of these communities, 2 are located in counties other than Esmeralda 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 Silver Peak (which is Esmeralda 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 Silver Peak

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

  • Esmeralda County   (where Silver Peak resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.accessesmeralda.com/
    • County Seat for Esmeralda:   Goldfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Silver Peak   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Peak.
      • Blair ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Stimler ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Stimler was located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimler
      • Nivloc ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Coyote Hole
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Coyote Hole is also located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Hole
      • Alum ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Alum was located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
      • Weepah ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Weepah was located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weepah
      • Barrel Spring ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Barrel Spring was located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrel Spring
      • Montezuma
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Montezuma is also located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
      • Camp Harding ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Camp Harding was located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Harding
      • Alkali
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Alkali is also located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkali
      • Gemfield
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Gemfield is also located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gemfield
      • Fish Lake ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Fish Lake was located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
      • Continue List   (23 more) ...
        • West Spring
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • West Spring is also located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring
        • Alpine ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Alpine was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
        • Blair Junction ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • McLeans
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • McLeans is also located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLeans
        • The Crossing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • The Crossing is also located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Crossing
        • Goldfield
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Lida
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Columbia ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Columbia was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
        • Florence Hill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Florence Hill is also located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hill
        • Jumbotown ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Jumbotown was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbotown
        • Klondike ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Klondike was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
        • Coaldale ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Pigeon Spring ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Pigeon Spring was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Spring
        • Arlemont ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Arlemont was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlemont
        • Dyer
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Southern Klondike ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Southern Klondike was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Klondike
        • Sylvania ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Sylvania was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
        • Divide ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Divide was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
        • Calmville ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Calmville was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmville
        • Gold Reef ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Gold Reef was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Reef
        • Millers
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Millers is also located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers
        • Cuprite ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Cuprite was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuprite
        • Gilbert ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Gilbert was located in Esmeralda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Nye 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 from Point A (ie- Silver Peak) 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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