Nearest Communities to Willowtown,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Willowtown, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Willowtown:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 starting from Willowtown.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Willowtown is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Churchill County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Churchill County: Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing & Washoe.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Willowtown. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Churchill 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 Willowtown (which is Churchill 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 Willowtown
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Churchill County (where Willowtown resides)
- County Website: https://www.churchillcountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Churchill: Fallon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Willowtown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Willowtown.
- Ragtown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ragtown was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
- Leeteville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leeteville was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeteville
- Diatom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Diatom is also located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diatom
- Northam ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Northam was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northam
- Lahontan City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lahontan City was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahontan City
- Saint Clair Station ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair Station was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Station
- Hazen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazen is also located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Massie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Massie is also located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massie
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gregory was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Saint Clair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair is also located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Fallon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fallon is also located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,751 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallon <4>
- Island City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Island City was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Nevada City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nevada City was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
- Hill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hill was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Leete ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leete was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leete
- Salt Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Salt Wells is also located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Wells
- Stillwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stillwater is also located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Fillmore ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fillmore was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Parran
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Parran is also located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
- Huxley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Huxley was located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
- Lyon County
- County Website: https://lyon-county.org/
- County Seat for Lyon: Yerington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Willowtown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Willowtown.
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Darwin was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Argo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Argo was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Silver Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fernley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada Station ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nevada Station was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Station
- Talapoosa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Talapoosa is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talapoosa
- Davis Station ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Station was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Station
- Marshland ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marshland was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
- Ramsey Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ramsey Station is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Station
- Bucklands Station ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bucklands Station was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklands Station
- Weeks ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weeks was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks
- Fort Churchill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Churchill was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Churchill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Churchill ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Churchill was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Ramsey ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ramsey was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Stagecoach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
- Thompson ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson was located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Lux
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lux is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Wabuska
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wabuska is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabuska
- Mineral County
- County Website: https://mineralcountynv.us/
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Willowtown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Willowtown.
- Loma ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Loma was located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
- Reservation ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Reservation was located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservation
- Storey County
- County Website: https://storeycounty.org/
- County Seat for Storey: Virginia City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Willowtown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Willowtown.
- Gilpin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gilpin is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Thisby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Thisby is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thisby
- Clark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clark is located in Storey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Washoe County
- County Website: https://washoecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Washoe: Reno
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Willowtown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Willowtown.
- Lower Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Crossing is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Crossing
- Wadsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Roderick ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Roderick was located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roderick
- Olinghouse ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olinghouse was located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinghouse
- Clarks ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clarks was located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
- Fort Defiance ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Defiance was located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Defiance
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- Willowtown) 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 Willowtown, 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. |