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Nearest Communities to Smith,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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


Smith is located in Lyon County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lyon County: Mono (CA), Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Mineral, Storey & Washoe.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 76 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Smith. Of these communities, 49 are located in counties other than Lyon 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 Smith (which is Lyon 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 Smith

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

  • Lyon County   (where Smith resides)
    • County Website:   https://lyon-county.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Yerington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Smith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Smith.
      • Walker River ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Walker River is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker River
      • Wellington
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hudson ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Hudson is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Hoye ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hoye is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoye
      • Simpson
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Simpson is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
      • Tippecanoe ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Tippecanoe is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe
      • Wellington Springs
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Wellington Springs is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Springs
      • Nordyke
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Nordyke is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordyke
      • Artesia ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Artesia is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
      • Ludwig ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Ludwig is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig
      • Mason
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Mason is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Sulfur
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Sulfur is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulfur
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Pine Grove ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Weed Heights
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Weed Heights is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Heights
        • Yerington
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Greenville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Greenville is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
        • Cambridge ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Cambridge is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
        • Campbell Ranch
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Campbell Ranch is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Ranch
        • Wabuska
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Sweetwater ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Sweetwater is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
        • Wichman
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Thompson ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Thompson is located in Lyon County
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        • Lux
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Lux is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
        • Como ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Como is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
        • Palmyra ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Palmyra is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
        • Stone Cabin ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Stone Cabin is located in Lyon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cabin
        • Elbow Stage Station ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Elbow Stage Station is located in Lyon County
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  • Carson City
  • Douglas County
  • Mineral County
    • County Website:   https://mineralcountynv.us/
    • County Seat for Mineral:   Hawthorne
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Smith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Smith.
      • Copper Run ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Mountain View ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Mountain View is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
      • Granite ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Granite is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
      • Loma ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Loma is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
      • Reservation ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Reservation is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservation
      • Schurz
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Montelle ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Montelle is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montelle
      • Avalon ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Avalon is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
  • Alpine County
    • County Website:   https://www.alpinecountyca.gov/
    • County Seat for Alpine:   Markleeville (CA)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Smith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Smith.
      • Loope ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Grays Crossing
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Grays Crossing is located in Alpine County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Crossing
      • Mount Bullion ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Mount Bullion is located in Alpine County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
      • Centerville ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Centerville is located in Alpine County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Fredericksburg
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Fredericksburg is located in Alpine County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
      • Paynesville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Markleeville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Mesa Vista
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Woodfords Community
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Woodfords Community is located in Alpine County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords Community
      • Alpine Village
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Alpine Village is located in Alpine County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
      • Marklee Village
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Marklee Village is located in Alpine County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklee Village
      • Woodfords
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Woodfords is located in Alpine County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
      • Silver Mountain ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Silver Mountain is located in Alpine County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Mountain
      • Sorensens
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Mono 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smith) 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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