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Nearest Communities to Wadsworth,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Wadsworth.<1>

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

Wadsworth is located in 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 80 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wadsworth. Of these communities, 47 are located in counties other than Washoe County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Wadsworth (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 Wadsworth

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

  • Washoe County   (where Wadsworth resides)
    • County Website:   https://washoecounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Washoe:   Reno
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wadsworth   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wadsworth.
      • Lower Crossing
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Lower Crossing is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Crossing
      • Dodge
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Dodge is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
      • Roderick ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Roderick is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderick
      • Olinghouse ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Olinghouse is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinghouse
      • Fort Defiance ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarks ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Clarks is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
      • Nixon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Patrick
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Patrick is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
      • Mustang
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Mustang is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
      • Hafed
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Hafed is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hafed
      • Upper Pyramid ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Upper Pyramid is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Pyramid
      • Spanish Springs
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Spanish Springs is located in Washoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Springs
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Wedekind
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Wedekind is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedekind
        • Pyramid ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Pyramid is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyramid
        • Vista
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Vista is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
        • Hidden Valley
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Glendale
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Glendale is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
        • Sparks
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Sun Valley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Sutcliffe
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Sutcliffe is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutcliffe
        • Five Mile House ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Five Mile House is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile House
        • North Valley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • North Valley is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley
        • Huffaker ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Huffaker is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffaker
        • Huffakers ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Huffakers is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffakers
        • Golden Valley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Panther Valley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Reno
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Anderson ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Anderson is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
          • Anderson has also been known as:
          • Junction House
          • Sparks Ranch
        • Lemmon Valley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Nashville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Raleigh Heights
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Steamboat
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Steamboat is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
        • Grand View Terrace
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Grand View Terrace is located in Washoe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Terrace
  • Churchill County
    • County Website:   https://www.churchillcountynv.gov/
    • County Seat for Churchill:   Fallon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wadsworth   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wadsworth.
      • Hazen
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Leete ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Leete is located in Churchill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leete
      • Massie
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Massie is located in Churchill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massie
      • Lahontan City ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Diatom
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Northam ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Northam is located in Churchill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northam
      • Fillmore ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Fillmore is located in Churchill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
      • Willowtown ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Willowtown is located in Churchill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowtown
      • Leeteville ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Leeteville is located in Churchill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeteville
      • Ragtown ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gregory ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Gregory is located in Churchill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
      • Saint Clair Station ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Clair Station is located in Churchill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Station
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Saint Clair
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Saint Clair is located in Churchill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
        • Fallon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Parran
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Parran is located in Churchill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
        • Jessup ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lyon County
  • Pershing County
  • Storey County

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- Wadsworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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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