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Nearest Communities to Vanderwater,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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


Although our information shows that the community of Vanderwater is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Pershing County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pershing County: Churchill, Humboldt, Lander & Washoe.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vanderwater. Of these communities, 2 are located in counties other than Pershing 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 Vanderwater (which is Pershing 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 Vanderwater

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

  • Pershing County   (where Vanderwater resides)
    • County Website:   https://pershingcounty.net/
    • County Seat for Pershing:   Lovelock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vanderwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vanderwater.
      • Panama
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Panama is also located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
      • Fitting
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Fitting is also located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitting
      • Stevensville ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Stevensville was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
      • Lima ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Lima was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Central Rochester ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Central Rochester was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Rochester
      • East Rochester ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • East Rochester was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
      • Rochester Heights ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Rochester Heights was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Heights
      • Rochester ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Rochester was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
      • Lower Rochester
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Lower Rochester is also located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Rochester
      • Unionville ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Unionville was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
      • Foltz ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Foltz was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foltz
      • Zola ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Zola was located in Pershing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zola
      • Continue List   (32 more) ...
        • Oreana ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Oreana was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreana
        • Torreytown ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Torreytown was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torreytown
        • Rye Patch
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Rye Patch is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Patch
        • Sanborn ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Sanborn was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
        • Woolsey ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Woolsey was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
        • Loring ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Loring was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
        • Arabia
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Arabia is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabia
        • Star City ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Star City was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
        • Kyle Hot Springs
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Kyle Hot Springs is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Hot Springs
        • Twain
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Twain is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twain
        • Colado ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Colado was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colado
        • Humboldt City ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Humboldt City was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt City
        • Kodak
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Kodak is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
        • Humboldt House
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Humboldt House is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt House
        • Clarksville ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Clarksville was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
        • Humboldt
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Humboldt is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
        • Poker Brown ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Poker Brown was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Brown
          • Poker Brown has also been known as:
          • Poker Brown Camp
        • Cherry Creek ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Cherry Creek was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
        • Lovelock
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Lovelock is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovelock <4>
        • Imlay
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Kennedy ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Kennedy was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
        • Lander City ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Lander City was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander City
        • Cornish Camp ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Cornish Camp was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Camp
        • Mill City
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Puckerbrush
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Puckerbrush is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerbrush
        • Perth
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Perth is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
        • Neptune City ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Neptune City was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
        • Bonnie Briar ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Bonnie Briar was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Briar
        • Granite Point ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Granite Point was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Point
        • Central ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Central was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
        • Tungsten
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Tungsten is also located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tungsten
        • Dun Glen ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Dun Glen was located in Pershing County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dun Glen
  • Churchill 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- Vanderwater) 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 Vanderwater, 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.