Nearest Communities to Vya,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Vya, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Vya:
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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Vya is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Washoe County.
The following 13 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washoe County: Lassen (CA), Modoc (CA), Nevada (CA), Placer (CA), Sierra (CA), Carson City, Churchill, Humboldt, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Harney (OR) & Lake (OR).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 14 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vya. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Washoe 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 Vya (which is Washoe 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 Vya
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Washoe County (where Vya resides)
- County Website: www.co.washoe.nv.us/
- County Seat for Washoe: Reno
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Washoe County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Washoe County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Washoe County
- Nearest Communities to Vya ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vya.
- Beulah ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Wimer Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wimer Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimer Place
- Wimer Place is located in Washoe County
- Diessner ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Andys Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andys Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andys Place
- Andys Place is located in Washoe County
- Reederville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reederville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reederville
- Reederville is located in Washoe County
- Modoc County
- County Seat for Modoc: Alturas (CA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of California
- Modoc County
- From Family Search:
- State of California
- Modoc County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of California
- Modoc County
- Nearest Communities to Vya ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vya.
- Cedarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cedarville is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedarville <5>
- Cedarville Rancheria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville Rancheria have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville Rancheria
- Cedarville Rancheria is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Lake City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lake City is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake City <5>
- Fort Bidwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bidwell
- Fort Bidwell is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Bidwell <5>
- Eagleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagleville <5>
- Menlo Baths
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menlo Baths have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Baths
- Menlo Baths is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Davis Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Creek
- Davis Creek is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davis Creek <5>
- Surprise Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surprise Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Station
- Surprise Station is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Cantrall Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cantrall Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantrall Mill
- Cantrall Mill is located in Modoc County (CA)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vya) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vya. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5921, Longitude: -119.8605 In this case, the coordinates for Vya have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Vya, 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |