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Nearest Communities to Tulasco,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Tulasco.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Tulasco 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 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tulasco.

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 Tulasco (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 Tulasco

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

  • Elko County   (where Tulasco resides)
    • County Website:   https://elkocountynv.net/
    • County Seat for Elko:   Elko
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tulasco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tulasco.
      • Welcome
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Welcome is also located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
      • Alazon ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Alazon was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazon
      • Metropolis ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Metropolis was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metropolis
      • Wells
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Wells is also located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <4>
      • Deeth
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ruby
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Ruby is also located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
      • Moor
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Moor is also located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moor
      • Wood ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Wood was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
      • Melandco ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Melandco was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melandco
      • Tobar ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Tobar was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobar
      • Holborn ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Holborn was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
      • Secret ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Secret was located in Elko County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Fort Halleck ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Fort Halleck was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Halleck
        • Halleck ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Halleck was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
        • Beaver ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Beaver was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
        • Warm Creek ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Warm Creek was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Creek
        • Arthur ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Arthur was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
        • Fenelon
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Fenelon is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenelon
        • Afton ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Afton was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
          • Afton has also been known as:
          • Taber City
        • Elburz
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Elburz is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elburz
        • Ventosa ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Ventosa was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventosa
        • Schoer Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Schoer Place is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoer Place
        • Clover ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Clover was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
        • Ryndon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Ryndon is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryndon
        • Pequop
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Pequop is also located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequop
        • Wilkins ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Wilkins was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
        • Morton ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Morton was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
        • Voight ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Voight was located in Elko County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voight

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tulasco) 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 Tulasco, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.