Nearest Communities to Volcano,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Volcano, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Volcano:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 from Volcano.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Volcano is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Nye County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nye County: Inyo (CA), Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral & White Pine.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Volcano. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Nye 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 Volcano (which is Nye 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 Volcano
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Nye County (where Volcano resides)
- County Website: https://www.nyecountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Nye: Tonopah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Volcano ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Volcano.
- Hannapah ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hannapah is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannapah
- Ellendale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ellendale is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Maggie Blues ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maggie Blues is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie Blues
- Tonogold ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tonogold is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonogold
- Frazier Wells ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Frazier Wells is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Wells
- Tonopah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tonopah is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonopah
- Former name for Tonopah:
- Butler City
- Tonopah has also been known as:
- New Belmont
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tonopah <4>
- Valley View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Valley View is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
- Golden Arrow ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Arrow is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Arrow
- Longstreet ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Longstreet is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstreet
- Helena ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Potomic ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Potomic is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomic
- Bellehelen ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bellehelen is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellehelen
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- Liberty ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Silverbow ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silverbow is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverbow
- Silverbow has also been known as:
- Silver Bow
- Monarch ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Monarch is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elmo is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Warm Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White Caps ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White Caps is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Caps
- Eden ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Central ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Manhattan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Esmeralda County
- County Website: https://www.accessesmeralda.com/
- County Seat for Esmeralda: Goldfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Volcano ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Volcano.
- Gold Reef ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Reef is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Reef
- Divide ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Divide is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Southern Klondike ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Southern Klondike is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Klondike
- Klondike ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Klondike is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Montezuma Wells
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Montezuma Wells is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma Wells
- Millers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millers is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers
- Alkali
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alkali is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkali
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Volcano) 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 Volcano, 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. |