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Nearest Communities to Sylvania,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Sylvania is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 16 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sylvania. Of these communities, 2 are located in counties other than Esmeralda 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 Sylvania (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 Sylvania

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

  • Esmeralda County   (where Sylvania resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.accessesmeralda.com/
    • County Seat for Esmeralda:   Goldfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sylvania   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sylvania.
      • Pigeon Spring ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Pigeon Spring is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Spring
      • Lida
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Lida is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lida
        • Lida has also been known as:
        • Alida Valley
        • Alida
        • Lida Valley
      • Stateline ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Stateline is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stateline
      • Gold Point
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Gold Point is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
        • Former names for Gold Point:
        • Hornsilver
        • Lime Point
      • Nivloc ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Nivloc is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nivloc
      • Old Camp
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Old Camp is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Camp
      • Silver Peak
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Silver Peak is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Peak
      • Tokop ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Tokop is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokop
      • Dyer
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Blair ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Blair is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
      • Coyote Hole
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Coyote Hole is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Hole
      • Stimler ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Stimler is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimler
      • Montezuma
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Montezuma is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
      • Cuprite ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Cuprite is located in Esmeralda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuprite
  • Inyo County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sylvania) 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 Sylvania, 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.
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