Nearest Communities to Tecoma,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Tecoma, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Tecoma:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Tecoma.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Tecoma 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 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tecoma. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Elko 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 Tecoma (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 Tecoma
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Elko County (where Tecoma resides)
- County Website: https://elkocountynv.net/
- County Seat for Elko: Elko
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tecoma ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tecoma.
- Buell ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buell is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
- Montello
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bauvard ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bauvard is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauvard
- Loray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loray is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loray
- Cobre ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cobre is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
- Toano ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toano is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toano
- Toano has also been known as:
- Toana
- Tuana
- Tuanna
- Delano ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Delano is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Pequop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pequop is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequop
- Clifside ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clifside is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifside
- Oasis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Box Elder County
- County Website: https://www.boxeldercountyut.gov/
- County Seat for Box Elder: Brigham City (UT)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tecoma ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tecoma.
- Lucin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lucin is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucin
- Lucin has also been known as:
- Umbria Junction
- Grouse Creek Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grouse Creek Junction is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grouse Creek Junction
- Pigeon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pigeon is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Bovine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bovine is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovine
- Jackson ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jackson is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Grouse Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Watercress Junction ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Watercress Junction is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watercress Junction
- Watercress Junction has also been known as:
- Watercress
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tecoma) 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 Tecoma, 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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