Nearest Communities to Ventosa,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ventosa, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ventosa:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 south.
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 south 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 Ventosa.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Ventosa 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 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ventosa.
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 Ventosa (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 Ventosa
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Elko County (where Ventosa resides)
- County Website: https://elkocountynv.net/
- County Seat for Elko: Elko
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ventosa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ventosa.
- Tobar ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tobar is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobar
- Elaine ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elaine is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elaine
- Spruce ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Warm Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Warm Creek is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Creek
- Ruby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Wood ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wood is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Hogan ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hogan is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
- Hogan has also been known as:
- Hogen
- Sage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sage is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
- Clover ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clover is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
- Moor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moor is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moor
- Shafter ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shafter is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
- Wells
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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- Black Forest ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Black Forest is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Forest
- Oasis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Decoy ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Decoy is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decoy
- Arthur ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Sprucemont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sprucemont is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucemont
- Secret ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Secret is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret
- Holborn ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Holborn is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holborn
- Alazon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alazon is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazon
- Welcome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Welcome is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Silver Zone ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Silver Zone is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Zone
- Fenelon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fenelon is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenelon
- Tulasco ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tulasco is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulasco
- Dolly Varden ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dolly Varden is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolly Varden
- Clifside ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clifside is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifside
- Proctor ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Proctor is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Cobre ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cobre is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
- Pequop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pequop is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequop
- Toano ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toano is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toano
- Toano has also been known as:
- Toana
- Tuana
- Tuanna
- Deeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Metropolis ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Metropolis is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metropolis
- Pilot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pilot is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
- Melandco ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Melandco is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melandco
- Fair Play ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Play is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ventosa) 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 Ventosa, 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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