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Nearest Communities to Spruce,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Spruce.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Spruce is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Spruce.

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 Spruce (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 Spruce

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

  • Elko County   (where Spruce resides)
    • County Website:   www.elkocountynv.net/
    • County Seat for Elko:   Elko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spruce   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spruce.
      • Hogan ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hogan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
        • Hogan is located in Elko County
        • Hogan has also been known as:
        • Hogen
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Hogan
        • From Spruce to Hogan
      • Sage
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sage have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
        • Sage is located in Elko County
      • Elaine ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elaine have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elaine
        • Elaine is located in Elko County
      • Ventosa ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ventosa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventosa
        • Ventosa is located in Elko County
      • Shafter ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shafter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
        • Shafter is located in Elko County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Shafter
        • From Spruce to Shafter
      • Decoy ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Decoy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decoy
        • Decoy is located in Elko County
      • Tobar ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tobar have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobar
        • Tobar is located in Elko County
      • Silver Zone ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Zone have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Zone
        • Silver Zone is located in Elko County
      • Black Forest ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Forest
        • Black Forest is located in Elko County
      • Warm Creek ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warm Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Creek
        • Warm Creek is located in Elko County
      • Oasis
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Dolly Varden ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dolly Varden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolly Varden
        • Dolly Varden is located in Elko County
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Ruby
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruby have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
          • Ruby is located in Elko County
        • Proctor ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctor have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
          • Proctor is located in Elko County
        • Sprucemont
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sprucemont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucemont
          • Sprucemont is located in Elko County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Sprucemont
          • From Spruce to Sprucemont
        • Clover ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
          • Clover is located in Elko County
        • Pilot
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilot have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
          • Pilot is located in Elko County
        • Clifside ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifside have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifside
          • Clifside is located in Elko County
        • Wood ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Moor
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moor have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moor
          • Moor is located in Elko County
        • Cobre ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cobre. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
          • Cobre is located in Elko County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Cobre
          • From Spruce to Cobre
        • Holborn ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holborn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
          • Holborn is located in Elko County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Holborn
          • From Spruce to Holborn
        • Toano ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toano. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toano
          • Toano is located in Elko County
          • Toano has also been known as:
          • Toana
          • Tuana
          • Tuanna
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Toano
          • From Spruce to Toano
        • Ola
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ola have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
          • Ola is located in Elko County
        • Fenelon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fenelon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenelon
          • Fenelon is located in Elko County
        • Wells
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Mizpah
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mizpah have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
          • Mizpah is located in Elko County
        • Arthur ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arthur have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
          • Arthur is located in Elko County
        • Pequop
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pequop have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequop
          • Pequop is located in Elko County
        • Loray
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loray. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loray
          • Loray is located in Elko County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Loray
          • From Spruce to Loray
        • Secret ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Secret have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret
          • Secret is located in Elko County
        • West Wendover
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Alazon ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alazon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazon
          • Alazon is located in Elko 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- Spruce) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spruce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7968, Longitude: -114.6535       In this case, the coordinates for Spruce have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Spruce, 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>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.
<5>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.
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