Nearest Communities to White River,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to White River, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for White River:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from White River.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of White River 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 17 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of White River. Of these communities, 11 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 White River (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 White River
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Nye County (where White River resides)
- County Website: https://www.nyecountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Nye: Tonopah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to White River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from White River.
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Hot Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hot Creek is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Creek
- Gold Point ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Point is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Currant ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Currant is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currant
- Allred ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Allred is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allred
- Grant City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grant City is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Lincoln County
- County Website: https://lincolncountynv.org/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Pioche
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to White River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from White River.
- Cave Valley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cave Valley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Valley
- Montezuma ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Montezuma is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Patterson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Geyser ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Geyser is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geyser
- White Pine County
- County Website: https://whitepinecounty.net/
- County Seat for White Pine: Ely
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to White River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from White River.
- Ruppes Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ruppes Place is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruppes Place
- Lund
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Douglas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Preston ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Stockville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stockville is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville
- Barnes ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Barnes is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Willow Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
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 drawn from Point A (ie- White River) 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 White River, 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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