Nearest Communities to Wichman,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wichman, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wichman:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 Wichman.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wichman is located in Lyon County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lyon County: Mono (CA), Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Mineral, Storey & Washoe.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wichman. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Lyon 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 Wichman (which is Lyon 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 Wichman
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lyon County (where Wichman resides)
- County Website: https://lyon-county.org/
- County Seat for Lyon: Yerington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wichman ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wichman.
- Cambridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cambridge is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Elbow Stage Station ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elbow Stage Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Stage Station
- Pine Grove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetwater ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Sulfur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sulfur is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulfur
- Wellington Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington Springs is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Springs
- Tippecanoe ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tippecanoe is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe
- Hudson ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Smith
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hoye ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hoye is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoye
- Nordyke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nordyke is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordyke
- Wellington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Walker River ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walker River is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker River
- Mason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mason is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Yerington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Simpson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Mineral County
- County Website: https://mineralcountynv.us/
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wichman ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wichman.
- Montelle ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Montelle is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montelle
- Dutch Creek ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dutch Creek is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Creek
- Walker Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Lake is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Lake
- Fletcher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fletcher is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Coryville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Coryville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryville
- Schweer Housing Area
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Schweer Housing Area is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schweer Housing Area
- Lucky Boy ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lucky Boy is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Boy
- Babbitt ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Copper Run ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Avalon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Del Monte ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hawthorne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Aurora ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Esmeralda ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
- Thorne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Thorne is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorne
- Rand ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rand is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
- Copper Hill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Copper Hill is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Copper Hill has also been known as:
- Copperhill
- Buckley Camp ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buckley Camp is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley Camp
- Jaggersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jaggersville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaggersville
- Whiskey Spring ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whiskey Spring is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Spring
- Granite ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Granite is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Mountain View ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Schurz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Qualeys Camp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Qualeys Camp is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualeys Camp
- Mono County
- County Website: https://www.monocounty.ca.gov/
- County Seat for Mono: Bridgeport (CA)
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wichman ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wichman.
- Lower Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Town is located in Mono County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
- Masonic ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Town is located in Mono County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Town
- Chemung Mine ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bodie ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chinatown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Fales Hot Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dog Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Topaz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
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- Wichman) 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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